{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-joins-gov-ferguson-yakima-leaders-to-celebrate-affordable-housing-complex-grand-opening", "Cantwell Joins Gov. Ferguson, Yakima Leaders To Celebrate Affordable Housing Complex Grand Opening", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "WA", "Maria Cantwell", "C000127", "www.cantwell.senate.gov", "cantwell", "https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "Cantwell Joins Gov. Ferguson, Yakima Leaders To Celebrate Affordable Housing Complex Grand Opening\n\nCasa De La Mora offers 73 units for low-income households, people with disabilities, and young adults exiting foster care; Project financing included $15.67 million in equity generated by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program that Cantwell has long-championed to increase the supply of affordable homes\n\nYAKIMA, WA \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), senior member of the Senate Finance Committee and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, joined Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, Yakima elected officials, and leaders from Catholic Charities for the grand opening of Casa De La Mora, a 73-unit affordable complex that will house people with disabilities, young adults exiting homelessness or foster care, and low-income households.\n\n\u201cThis is changing lives,\u201d Sen. Cantwell said. \u201cIt is the transformative element that might get somebody from just existing to thriving again.\u201d\n\n\u201cWashington is standing out as a national leader in youth and youth-adult homelessness, and Casa de la Mora will be a brilliant example of that. From 2016 to 2023, Washington State saw 40 percent reduction in youth and youth-adult homelessness,\u201d she continued.\n\n\u201cBut despite these advancements, we've seen 14,000 young people remain unstably housed or homeless, which makes this development project so much more important. It's going to show that real solutions exist in the community, and that those solutions not only help these young people, but they help our economy by creating a workforce and stability for them and their families.\u201d\n\nThe event included a press conference, followed by a tour of the Casa De La Mora units and site. Video of Sen. Cantwell\u2019s remarks are HERE; a transcript is HERE; and photos are HERE.\n\nThe $32 million project was financed in part using $15.67 million in equity generated from Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The LIHTC program is administered by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC) and provides federal tax credits to private developers and investors to build and fix up affordable rental housing for low-income residents.", 1, "2026-08-13T06:17:16Z", "2026-08-13T06:18:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-joins-gov-ferguson-yakima-leaders-to-celebrate-affordable-housing-complex-grand-opening"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4321859925985336, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}