Lacey hotel to become shelter for people living along state roadways
The Low Income Housing Institute is teaming up with Thurston County and the Washington state Department of Commerce to turn a Days Inn hotel in Lacey into a 124-unit shelter.
Funding comes from the state's Right of Way Safety Initiative, which is providing $143 million for housing and services for people living on state-owned land along freeways and highways — sites that pose a safety risk to anyone on them, according to the state.
Thurston County received $37 million from the initiative, $20 million of which it will use to help pay for the acquisitions and improvements of the hotel property. LIHI is contributing $14.8 million and will operate the enhanced shelter, said Sharon Lee, executive director of the Seattle-based nonprofit housing provider.
The announcement regarding the Days Inn came last week. A Days Inn employee said the hotel, at 8200 Quinault Drive NE, would continue to operate "for another four or five weeks."
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