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• At a public meeting on March 24, 2025, the Board of Commissioners approved the closure of the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list effective May 1, 2025. The list will remain closed until public notice is issued in accordance with 24 CFR 982.206 of the federal regulations. Applications will not be accepted after April 30, 2025. Families currently on the Housing Choice Voucher waiting list will remain on the list. No other Walla Walla Housing Authority waiting lists will be affected.

• OPPORTUNITIES+ is a program that enables Housing Choice Voucher families to increase their earned income and reduce their dependency on welfare assistance and rental subsidies. The program offers local resources that help program participants obtain employment that will enable them to achieve economic independence. Some of the services coordinated through the program include childcare, transportation, education, job training, employment counseling, financial literacy, and homeownership counseling, among others. Participants are provided with an interest-bearing escrow account made up of the difference of the rent the family pays when entering the program and the increased rent that would be charged as the family’s earned income increases. For more information about this program, please contact Nikki Saunders at NikkiS@wallawallaha.org.

• WWHA Board Meeting - April 28, 2025 Agenda.pdf

• Our Newest Development: Meadow Grove

• The Walla Walla Housing Authority receives the NAHRO 2023 Agency Award of Merit for Evergreen Commons. Evergreen Commons provides permanent housing to 52 individuals and 21 children in 9 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom units. The building features a community room, gathering space on the 2nd and 3rd floors, and laundry facilities on each floor for resident use. It is the first permanent supportive housing build in Walla Walla. Evergreen Commons is located in an established neighborhood and constructed on an infill lot near community amenities.

• Annual Office Closures:

  New Years Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2025

  Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 20, 2025

  President’s Day: Monday, February 17, 2025

  Memorial Day: Monday, May 26, 2025

  Juneteenth: Thursday, June 19, 2025

  Independence Day: Friday, July 4, 2025

  Labor Day: Monday, September 1, 2025

  Thanksgiving Holiday: Thursday, November 27, 2025 and Friday, November 28, 2025

  Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

  Christmas Day: Thursday, December 25, 2025
  

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