The Ericksen Community adds 12 1-bedroom/1-bath homes and 6 3-bedroom/2-bath homes to the HRB community land trust. The unit mix reflects the community's greatest needs. Single-person households dominate the [...]
HRB closes on 13 units at Oliver Bainbridge, replacing the 13 affordable homes that were lost when Housing Kitsap sold the site in 2019. The new owner planned to [...]
The Bainbridge Island Land Trust acquires three 5-acre parcels of forest habitat near Lovgreen Road and SR 305. It decides to dedicate its limited resources to conserving and restoring [...]
Bethany Lutheran Church had long envisioned using its land to address the affordable housing crisis on Bainbridge Island. In 2019, the state passed a law requiring cities and towns [...]
HRB enters another partnership with Central Highland Homes, which is developing a 73-townhome development near Virginia Mason Medical Center off High School Road. The developer will make 31 homes [...]
Expanding on its role as community educator and convener, HRB creates a quarterly speaker series, in partnership with the Bainbridge Library, featuring leading voices on housing and related issues [...]
HRB acquires two townhomes in a market-rate neighborhood of 17 single-family homes. As part of the city’s Housing Design Demonstration Projects, the Wallace Cottages developer, Central Highland Homes, received [...]
HRB hires its first public policy specialist, strengthening its partnership with the city and becoming more strategic in its advocacy of policies that support affordable housing. HRB institutes a [...]
HRB begins fundraising for the purchase at Wyatt & Madison and to develop the Ericksen Community, an 18-unit multifamily rental building. The Ericksen Community will occupy a parcel at [...]
The financially strapped Housing Kitsap is looking to sell its 13-unit property at 550 Madison Avenue. The residents launch a passionate campaign, “Save 550 Madison Avenue,” broadcasting their plight [...]
