Spokane Housing Authority has two projects in the works with a combined value of $103 million, says John Chatburn, director of asset management. 

In Spokane Valley, the organization plans to break ground on a $68 million workforce housing project in early summer, Chatburn says. The 240-unit development, dubbed Orchard Vista, will rise south of a WinCo Foods in the Dishman Hills neighborhood. According to public records, the property has been assigned the address of 10003 E. Fourth. 

Chatburn says Spokane-based Inland Group will plan, design, and construct the development.

“It is a public-private partnership,” he says. 

The project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027, he adds. 

In May, the Spokane Housing Authority, a public agency that provides housing to low-income families, purchased 12 adjacent plots of land for nearly $7 million, Chatburn says. Those plots have been reconfigured into one large property totaling about 7 1/2 acres. 

Moving northwest to the Town and Country neighborhood, the housing authority has entered into an agreement to purchase 2 1/2 acres of land from Country Homes Christian Church, at 8425 N. Wall. 

Jason Jones, Country Homes Christian Church pastor, says the excess land is located on the southern and western portions of the church property.

“We are selling the land with the intention it will be used to build housing, which is a need in our community,” Jones says. 

Chatburn says the organization plans to build 104 senior housing units on the excess land with a total value of $35 million. 

The property is currently being replatted; the purchase is expected to be completed in the fall, Chatburn says. With the option-to-purchase agreement between the church and the public agency, the Spokane Housing Authority has site control and is able to apply for funding needed to build the project, Chatburn says. He excepts the organization will receive funding in the spring of 2026 and begin construction the following summer.  

In Spokane’s South Perry District, the housing authority has started construction and renovations to the Hifumi En Apartments located at 926 E. Eighth, two blocks west of Grant Park, Chatburn says. 

As reported by the Journal, plans for the $30 million project call for replacing the 41-unit, two-story apartments with a new 88-unit complex for elderly and disabled people. The project will include two three-story apartment buildings and a single-story community building with offices for staff and resources for Hifumi residents. The project is being completed in two phases as to not displace current residents. 

According to documents submitted to the city of Spokane, Walker Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor on the project. Architecture All Forms is designing the project, and the Spokane office of DCI Engineers is providing structural and civil engineering services.