News & Updates
Recent happenings with Common Ground, as well as local and national housing news.
Common Ground completes eight-home Crail Cottages development
“We are grateful to everyone who believed in this project and helped bring it from an idea to eight front doors,” said Nees. “Today we celebrate these homes and these homeowners. Tomorrow, we get back to work building the next opportunity.”
Applications open for eight affordable homes at Crail Cottages
Applications are now open for a new affordable homeownership opportunity in Wenatchee as the Common Ground Community Housing Trust begins accepting applicants for the Crail Cottages development on 9th Street.
Nonprofit, state programs expand pathways to affordable homeownership in Wenatchee
Groundbreaking 7/16/2025
Banner Bank partners with Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines to award $20,000 to Common Ground Community Housing Trust through the Member Impact Fund
“We are profoundly grateful for the support Banner Bank has demonstrated over our first years of establishment. It has allowed us to make great strides and get our first project off the ground and deliver on our commitment to build our community’s affordable home ownership inventory. Their partnership with FHLB strengthens our efforts immensely”, said Thom Nees, Executive Director of Common Ground.
Congresswoman Schrier Introduces Legislation to Encourage Affordable Housing Development and Address the Housing Crisis
“With the housing crisis our communities are facing, we need all the financial tools possible to keep our projects moving forward. Construction loan funding is critical to our work to increase affordable housing inventory for low-to-moderate-income households.”
said Thom Nees, Executive Director of Common Ground Community Housing Trust.
Common Ground Community Housing Trust breaks ground on 8 Cottage-style homes, struck by vandalism
From the ground up: Common Ground Community Housing Trust creates affordable housing in Wenatchee area
Charting a new path toward housing affordability in Washington State
Promoting more affordable housing will translate into a brighter future for everyone in Washington state.
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Central WA home prices spike amid influx of Seattle-area transplants
“We were very much a regional market; local economics pretty well drove value,” he said. “[Now] we’re impacted by things that are beyond our control outside of the area. That makes it less predictable.” Steve Bishop, Premier One Properties
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