An example of farmworker housing that was built with a loan from Washington State’s Farmworker Housing Infrastructure Program. The popular zero- and low-interest loan program for growers developing or restoring on-farm housing for seasonal farmworkers survived recent state budget cuts and has $3.5 million available for loans, according to the Washington State Department of Commerce. Pat Arnold, who runs the state’s Farmworker Housing Infrastructure Program, said program officials were thrilled to receive state appropriations for the two-year budget cycle that runs from 2009 to 2011. “We were as pleased as we could be to receive the appropriations and to have […]