Alliance promotes attainable housing through local policy
In this 2024 photo, Nathan Armon stands at the site where his new home would be built as part of the "Miracle on Britton" development. The 28-lot neighborhood of deed-restricted homes in Post Falls is the flagship project of the Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press file
COEUR d’ALENE — Some of the biggest challenges to building housing that’s affordable for working families in Idaho can be overcome at the local level, according to the Gem State Housing Alliance, a new nonprofit.
“In the past, we have never had an organization working around actual policy change on this issue,” said Sen. Ali Rabe, a Boise Democrat and founding executive director of Gem State Housing Alliance, who previously led Jesse Tree, a nonprofit focusing on preventing eviction and homelessness. “We’re very excited to work with cities, especially.”
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