Save money by merging two housing authorities

Published 1:30 am Thursday, August 29, 2024

The City of Everett now needs to cut costs. I don’t know how to solve the entire problem, but I do see one bit of low-hanging fruit.

The Everett Housing Authority serves all of Snohomish County. The Housing Authority of Snohomish County also serves all of Snohomish County. Their main responsibility is to administer federal money for Section 8 (Housing Choice Voucher) recipients. With the same responsibilities and service area, why do we need both?

Eliminate the redundant City of Everett agency, merge it into HASCO, and save some money. I don’t know how much that would be, but I’m guessing it would be more than would be saved by eliminating the park rangers.

Brian Tarr

Everett