Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) proposes allocating 9,915 low-income housing units for Lacey to meet county-wide affordable housing targets; according to Planning Manager Ryan Andrews’ presentation to the Lacey City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Andrews briefed the City Council about the preliminary allocations that the TRPC has developed to distribute 54,356 low-income housing units throughout the county. Based on projections by the Washington State Department of Commerce, the county needs these units to accommodate growth until 2045.
The proposed allocations informed a land capacity study, also conducted by TRPC, which found that Lacey and its urban growth area have enough land and appropriate zoning to accommodate the required number of housing units…