Spokane & Airway Heights receive funds to speed up housing permit [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — The Washington Department of Commerce announced this week they are giving $3 million to 16 cities and counties across the state to streamline local building permit review processes.

The City of Spokane and Airway Heights will both receive funding from the grant.

“It will take solutions from all angles to address the projected need for more than a million new housing units in communities across Washington over the next 20 years,” said Commerce Director Mike Fong. “These grants will help modernize and streamline the way residential building permits are processed, reducing delays, cutting down on paperwork and helping us meet that urgent need for new housing.”

The City of Spokane received $375,000, the most money out of any city from the grant. Spokane’s money will help the city …