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  • People

    Bill Rumpf has been named president of the Mercy Housing Northwest region. He joins the nonprofit developer after serving as deputy director of Seattle's Department of Housing since 1999.

  • Rural Finalists

    MESCALERO, N.M.— The name I-Sah'-din'-dii means “drumbeat” in Apache.

  • The Long and Short of It

    THESE DAYS, THE SMALL-BALANCE loan marketplace seems to be divided into two types of executions: long-term loans from Fannie Mae and short-term loans from banks. And their terms couldn't be more different.

  • Project Serves New Home Buyers

    SEATTLE— A cafeteria worker at Microsoft, a woman who works for a nonprofit organization, and a couple with a teenage son have become new home buyers.

  • Emerald City Imbalance

    EVEN AS THE RECESSION subsides in Seattle, the hangover endures.

  • Scientists Predict Fewer, But Stronger, Hurricanes

  • Quinn Leaves Seattle, Joins Enterprise

    Adrienne Quinn has resigned as director of the Office of Housing in Seattle and will become vice president for public policy and government relations at Enterprise Community Partners.

  • Homestead Capital to Merge with NEF

    Homestead Capital, a Portland-Ore.-based nonprofit syndicator of low-income housing tax credits, will become part of the National Equity Fund, Inc. (NEF).

  • Seniors Finalists

    HAYWARD, CALIF.The construction of 104 new apartments and the rehabilitation of 149 existing units come together at Paulson Park Senior Apartments.

  • Using Adhesives to Beef Up Houses