KENNEWICK -- A low-income housing project in Kennewick soon will have new fiber cement exterior siding, thanks largely to a federal stimulus grant.
The Kennewick Housing Authority had to add more than $183,000 of its own money to pay for the $559,000 project, but fixing the siding at Sunnyslope Homes was a priority, said Karlene Navarre, executive director of the agency.
The development at 1915 W. Fourth Place was built in the 1950s, and vinyl siding that was installed as part of modernization efforts in the 1990s didn't last, she said.
Navarre said she hopes the new American-made cement material is more durable.
About 103,600 square feet of siding will be replaced for the project, covering 62 duplex buildings with 124 units and the administration, community center and maintenance buildings, Navarre said.
The project began in April and is expected to be completed by early September. Pasco's Bi-State Siding & Window is the project contractor.
"(Work) is going very well," Navarre said.
Each of the six-member crew on the project earns about $38 an hour, she said. A federal mandate -- the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 -- requires that workers be paid prevailing wages on federally supported public works projects.
-- Pratik Joshi: 582-1541; pjoshi@tricityherald.com; Business Beat blog at www.tricityherald.com
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