At first glance, it appears Paul Sc...

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 shire

The task appears daunting when clevers crunch the numbers that point out 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 dwelling in Whatcom County was $212700 for the other quarter of 2004, up from $170400 in the next to the first quarter of 2003. ...