Amazon is committing $25 million to a new public-private housing fund for affordable homes near public transit across the state, according to an announcement yesterday.
The fund comes from a pilot program established by Washington Senate Bill 5466.
Amazon leaving Seattle’s West 8th tower after more than a decade
“We believe that all people should have access to housing they can afford,” Alice Shobe, global director of Amazon in the Community, said in a prepared statement. “That’s why Amazon launched the $2 billion Housing Equity Fund in 2021 to create or preserve 20,000 affordable homes in our headquarters locations.”
Amazon’s donation will be matched in state money allocated in Governor
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