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5.Gaps and Duplication in Services:Describe how your proposed project fills a gap in <br />homeless and/or affordable housing services in Kittitas County.Include a description of <br />how the project is or isn’t a duplication of current services.(250 words max.) <br />The Odd Fellows Lodge 20 Housing Project phase one will bring 20-30 units of affordable <br />housing to Kittitas County.Washington state Department of Commerce estimates that <br />Kittitas County will need more than 5,200 units of affordable housing within the next 20 <br />years.Housing is one of the most critical issues facing the county today.While the federal <br />definition of housing shortage is less than five percent unit availability in a region,Kittitas <br />county has less than one-half of one percent unity availability.Additionally,in July 2023, <br />internet rental company Dwellsy published research showing that Ellensburg had the third <br />highest rental increases in the nation last year.OFLHP housing project phase one will bring <br />critical affordable housing to the county. <br />6.Sustainability:Describe your ability,experience,and resources to implement and <br />sustain the project during the term of the project.(250 words max.) <br />Odd Fellows Lodge 20 Housing Project has 142 years of experience as an operating <br />Washington State Pioneer corporation. <br />OFLHP has hired Stickney Murphy (SMR),a Seattle architecture firm specializing in <br />affordable housing with local experience in Ellensburg as the designers of the existing <br />Spurling Court housing complex on Rainier Avenue. <br />OFLHP hired the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing (ORFH),a Yakima-based <br />non-profit affordable housing developer.ORFH has more than 40 years of experience <br />developing housing in Washington state,and have successfully completed more than <br />10,000 units of affordable housing. <br />5 of 9