The other 55 units have been set aside for nearby Tacoma Community College students who have been homeless at one point during the past year. The rent will be kept low at $420 a month thanks to $500,000 from Housing and Urban Development (HUD) paid to the apartment house owner through the Housing Authority.
“We’re really excited for that,” said Brandon Wirth with the Housing Authority. “We’re excited that they’ll be able to come back to a place that they called home for so long.”‘