Lacey residents want more scrutiny of Franz Anderson housing agreement
Ahead of a September 15 council decision on the regional Franz Anderson supportive housing agreement, residents asked for provider accountability data and input from people with lived experience.
Lacey City Hall
Lacey residents are asking the City Council to examine the Franz Anderson regional housing agreement more closely before making a decision — the council is expected to consider the agreement at its meeting on September 15, 2026.
At a September 8 work session, resident Stephanie Scott urged the council to include people with lived experience of homelessness in decisions about shelter and supportive housing, pointing to the Homeless Services Advisory Board and Lived Experience Housing Steering Committee as existing mechanisms.
The project
The Franz Anderson project, proposed by the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), is a planned 71-unit permanent supportive housing building (a five-story project in Olympia) — with 35 units proposed for households earning up to 30 percent of area median income and 35 units up to 50 percent AMI, plus one manager unit.
Accountability questions
Resident Kathy Martin, in written comments, asked for data on how LIHI's Maple Court shelter is performing — how many people it has housed, how many have transitioned to permanent housing, and how prior allocations (over $4.5 million, with a further $1.5 million identified for conversion to permanent supportive housing) have been spent — and recommended no vote until those questions are answered.
Source: The JOLT News