Put people, values, at center of housing policy

We are all better off when everyone who lives and works in Skagit County has a safe, affordable place to call home.

Healthy neighborhoods need healthy schools. Healthy schools need kids and families. Kids and families need housing they can afford.

Seniors should be able to downsize in the same community where they owned a home and still afford to buy medicine and groceries.

Employers and communities thrive when workers on our waterfronts, art galleries and restaurants can afford to live near where they are employed. From first responders, to teachers, to janitors: Everyone who works here shoul...