The Beacon Pacific Village housing complex where Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced new proposed housing investments on Dec. 18, 2025, in Seattle, Washington. Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard

By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard
April 13, 2026

Washington boasts 221 housing-related programs across 30 state agencies. 

But despite all of these initiatives, Lt. Gov. Denny Heck thinks the state is still going in the wrong direction developing affordable housing.

“We’re not doing a very good job at all, because the hole is getting deeper,” Heck said last week. 

Heck is part of a group of elected officials, state agency staff, tribal members, local…

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