Common Ground Community Housing Trust has completed Crail Cottages, an eight-home development in Wenatchee designed to provide permanently affordable homeownership.
The development at 1034 Ninth St. is Common Ground’s first housing project and the first completed under the nonprofit’s community land trust model. It includes four one-bedroom and four two-bedroom cottage-style homes, each approximately 970 square feet.
The households were selected through a lottery following the organization’s application and eligibility review. Each household also completed homebuyer education and other requirements of Common Ground’s homeownership process.
“This project represents so much more than eight homes,” said Thom Nees, Executive Director of Common Ground Community Housing Trust. “It represents what can happen when a community comes together with a shared commitment to creating lasting solutions to our housing challenges. I have been incredibly impressed by the number of people who have contributed their time, resources, money, and influence to make Crail Cottages possible.”