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Voices for Housing Episode 5: Katie & Mike

June 12, 2026

Too many local families have faced the difficult choice of leaving Tahoe – the place that they love – to find steady affordable housing. Those who choose to stay often bounce from rental to rental, believing home ownership is an impossible dream. Down payment assistance programs like WHPP (Workforce Housing Preservation Program) offered through Placer County are providing a pathway to home ownership in the North Lake Tahoe region. In this episode of Voices for Housing we meet Katie and Mike. The WHPP program helped them make homeownership a reality. Click on the photo below to watch the full video.

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