Region-wide housing needs assessment underway

Whitman County Commissioners Monday took in a presentation of a study begun in August called "Palouse Regional Housing Needs Assessment." Paid for by a list of supporters including the City of Pullman, City of Moscow, Avista Corporation, WSU, University of Idaho and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, and run by the Partnership for Economic Prosperity (PEP, Moscow), it aims to look at area housing matters as has not been done before.

"This is the first time we're going to address this regionally," said Paul Kimmel, Avista's regional business manager, noting that Whitman and Latah counties are...