The impacts of an ongoing shortage of homes and apartments has rippled across the Wenatchee Valley, the state and the country.
Developers, legislators and city officials interviewed in this second part of a Wenatchee World's housing series explained some of the barriers to building new homes and offered solutions to address the crisis.
Shelter is one of the few universal basic needs required to survive, but growing housing prices make it prohibitively expensive — postponing a family’s first home or keeping residents in a perpetual financial limbo struggling to pay rent each month.
WENATCHEE — More than a year after Chelan County Commissioners reopened a portion of the county code for updates, commissioners Tuesday adopted changes to how short-term rentals are regulated.
WENATCHEE — First-time buyers, renters and everyone else in between in the Wenatchee Valley have been subjected to the recent housing crisis felt all across the state.
NCW — The featured listing this week is a four-bedroom, three-bathroom craftsman-style home, just southeast of East Wenatchee, at 2056 Legacy Place SE.
NCW — The featured listing this week is a luxurious, two-story home overlooking the Columbia River at 2213 N. Devon Ave., just north of East Wenatchee.
WENATCHEE — After more than 30 years of service, executive director of the Chelan County and City of Wenatchee Housing Authority, Alicia McRae has announced her retirement.Â