Current Housing Department Projects
Mission Highlands:
This is a new 52-lot subdivision that is being built off of Turk Drive. This subdivision consists of 25 new rental homes built in Partnership with Washington Mutual Bank through the sale of tax credits awarded by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Low Income Housing Tax Program). In addition, 16 lots have been set aside for Self Help Housing Homeownership Program in partnership with Housing Hope of Snohomish County. Preliminary plans for the remaining 11 lots are for the construction of senior rental housing, including a community building. There will be sidewalks throughout the entire subdivision along with a basketball court and a playground / park area. Total cost of this project is estimated at $7.5 million.
Please click here for a complete layout of the Mission Highlands site.
Self Help Housing Project
Self Help Housing is a sweat equity homeownership program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development (USDA-RD). This program assists families and individuals in achieving homeownership through a mutual effort in new home construction. Qualifying applicants receive individual subsidized loans from the USDA-RD for building materials, permits, utility hook-ups, and some subcontracted labor, while the members of an Owner-Builder team work together to build all the homes in their group. If you are interested in applying to this program, please click here to download the form.
For more information, please review the detailed documentation below:
Rental Conversion and Modernization Project:
This project consists of reconstructing ten single family rental homes into twenty duplex units, (ten two-bedroom, four three-bedroom, six four-bedroom affordable housing units), and rehabilitating five existing single family rental homes, all to be developed within the boundaries of the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Not fewer than five units will be reserved for large families, not fewer than five units will be reserved for homeless families, and not fewer than five units will be designated for disabled occupants. The homes will be affordable, highly energy efficient, have separate, landscaped yards for each family with sufficient space for play areas and gardens. Total estimated cost of this project is estimated at $3 million and is being financed through the sale of tax credits to Washington Mutual Bank awarded by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.
Modernization projects:
- The Housing Department is re-siding all of the homes in the Silver Village (Waterworks) subdivision. Currently we are out for bid for this project.
- The Housing Department will be re-roofing 40 Rental homes in various subdivisions. This will be completed in phases. Currently the first phase has been awarded to a subcontractor and work will start shortly.
- The Housing Department is beginning the upgrade of the common areas of all housing developments including the construction of playgrounds and basketball courts, and the design and implementation of major landscaping projects. The schedule for each site has not yet been determined, but work will begin in the fall of 2007.
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