TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma's Housing Authority is celebrating what they call one of the largest redevelopment projects of its kind west of the Mississippi.
It's part of a 15-year project to pump life and money into an old neighborhood.
The Salishan neighborhood on Tacoma's eastside started back in World War II as a neighborhood for factory workers.
It started back in World War II as a neighborhood for factory workers.
Now, after about 15 years and $300 million, it's been transformed.
According to the News Tribune, all but two of the homes have sold there. It's part of Tacoma Housing Authority's plans to give the area a facelift.
Salishan had a reputation as being a place where poverty and crime were rampant, but now, things have changed.
New Salishan is Tacoma Housing Authority's largest project, and it's a mix of low-income renters, homeowners who buy at the market rate and low-income qualified homeowners.
The housing authority has turned 855 old housing units into 1,300 modern ones.
A quarter of home sales were set aside for low-income buyers.
The housing authority updated hundreds of rental units and added medical and dental clinics, parks and playgrounds.
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