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Housing

Bellingham’s invisible housing crisis: homeless children

City officials seek solutions to growing problem

March 20, 2023 6:27 p.m.

Teardown of Lighthouse Mission building commences

Mission to replace it with 400-bed shelter

March 14, 2023 2:05 p.m.

Rent cap bill dies, housing density lives on in Legislature

Both parties willing to increase housing stock

March 9, 2023 2:43 p.m.

Bellingham council passes 4-month notice for rent hikes

Broader tenant protections in the works

Feb. 28, 2023 10:46 a.m.

Bellingham tenants may get more notice for rent hikes

City council proposes 120 days

Feb. 24, 2023 3:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Mission bids farewell to old center

50-year-old building to be demolished to make way for new shelter

Feb. 21, 2023 12:59 p.m.

Study finds 1,500 racial covenants on Whatcom properties

Author sees connection between historic restrictions, current home ownership

Feb. 19, 2023 5:00 a.m.

State, Bellingham on separate tracks to ease ADU rules

Despite the attention, the housing type is a small piece of the puzzle

Feb. 15, 2023 3:25 p.m.

Bellingham center for homeless receives $1.5M grant

The Way Station to provide behavioral health care, showers

Feb. 10, 2023 4:06 p.m.

Bellingham lawmaker’s bill would cap rent increases

Story of $600 rent hike moves Ramel to introduce legislation

Feb. 8, 2023 4:31 p.m.

ADUs: affordable housing or investor magnet?

Mulling rule changes, Bellingham leaders have little data

Feb. 3, 2023 6:42 p.m.

County pushes for Semiahmoo development despite expired permits

Time limit for construction expired in early 2022

Jan. 24, 2023 2:12 p.m.