Soup-to-nuts plan to increase WA starter home production gets boost from banks

A Seattle nonprofit's plan to spur development of homes affordable to low- to moderate-income Washington households has won the backing of three banks.

Contributions from JPMorganChase, Columbia Bank and U.S. Bank totaling $875,000 will fund the first stage of the multiyear plan.

The Washington Starter Home Plan is tackling the challenge with four primary focus areas: policy, financing, workforce development and off-site construction.

"The latest thing is Modern Methods of Construction, or MMC. Some call it industrialized housing," Marty Kooistra, founding member of the project team at Civic Commons, said in a Monday interview. Civic Commons is the nonprofit that authored the plan and leads its implementation.

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