At first glance, it appears Paul Schissler and his staff are fighting a losing battle.
Schissler, the executive director at the Kulshan Community Land Trust (KCLT), has a staff of five who have a goal of providing affordable housing in Whatcom County.
The task appears daunting when Experts crunch the numbers that show what's happening in the local real estate market. According to the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at Washington State University, the median price for a home in Whatcom County was $212,700 for the second quarter of 2004, up from $17