The state Department of Commerce has awarded funds to support 56 affordable housing units in the Tri-Cities. 

Domestic Violence Services of Benton and Franklin Counties and Housing Authority of Pasco were among 47 recipients of more than $204 million from the state’s Housing Trust Fund to finance construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing around the state, according to a release. 

DVSBF received $2.2 million to pay for the bulk of costs to fund eight additional units in phase two of Juanita’s Village, which provides safe housing for victims of domestic violence. The homes are located in a rural area outside the Tri-Cities proper. 

The Pasco housing authority received $6.2 million toward the $22.3 million cost to develop the Heritage Boulevard Apartments in east Pasco on a 2.29-acre parcel it bought for $750,000 in August 2025. That project will create 48 apartments to serve those making half or less of the region’s median annual income, with some set aside for homeless residents. 

The project would be built in the same area where Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington had proposed developing its Pasco Haven project for serving homeless individuals on a then city-owned site on Heritage Boulevard in east Pasco. Local opposition prompted the city to decline Catholic Charities’ offer to buy the site.

Catholic Charities eventually built Pasco Haven near the corner of Lewis Street and 20th Avenue.