Todays Capitol Ideas features a conversation with Rep. Davina Duerr of Bothell. Davina chairs the House Local Government Committee in Olympia, and thats a key position in the states attempts to ease Washingtons housing crisis. Well talk about that and lots more, so stick around.

Published: March 20, 2023, 10 p.m.

Washington needs between 150,000 and 250,000 additional housing units of all kinds to fully solve its housing crisis over the next several years. That\u2019s a tall order, and a number of bills aimed at the issue will go through the House Local Government Committee. The new chair of that committee is Rep. Davina Duerr of Bothell, in Washington\u2019s 1st legislative district. Davina is an architect, and a former member of the Bothell City Council. She\u2019s got ideas, and we\u2019ll hear what some of them are today.