Coming home to stay
A child of Bainbridge and former Grunge musician finds comfort, quiet, and rootedness at Wintergreen Townhomes, where a neighborhood has begun to bloom.
A child of Bainbridge and former Grunge musician finds comfort, quiet, and rootedness at Wintergreen Townhomes, where a neighborhood has begun to bloom.
In this op-ed published by The Kitsap Sun the Bainbridge Island Review, Phedra Elliott, executive director of HRB, and Cullen Brady, executive director of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust, explain how a partnership combining conservation with affordable housing development is in the best interest of the community as it contends with the pressures of growth.
Cuts to a USDA loan program put home purchases on hold for low-income buyers nationwide.
Finch Green will be a neighborhood of single-family homes thanks to community vision and local expertise.
Generations of low-income homebuyers will benefit from $2.5 million grant from state
As eldercare provider Sam Christy helps her clients age in place, she faces her own struggle to remain on Bainbridge Island, where the cost of housing is prohibitive to those in her profession. Buying an affordable HRB home at Wintergreen would keep her where she belongs.
In 2010, HRB turned a cutting-edge affordable housing prototype into a home on Knechtel Avenue. Thanks to a recent rehab, the top-floor unit maintains its original beauty and glorious views.
Permanent affordability. That’s their beauty. Resale restrictions that limit home prices while allowing the seller to reap the benefits of homeownership. That’s their ingenuity. Hear how four Washington community land trusts are garnering community and government support to grow their land trusts and meet the housing needs of their communities.
Just the facts—and the FAQs.
An affordable home gave Marsha Cutting peace of mind because even tireless community activists need a place to rest, especially later in life.