The City of Hood River’s housing project on 780 Rand Road received $3 million in federal money in the recent omnibus spending bill, but there is still a large part of the financial puzzle to be accumulated. City Manager Abigail Elder says they will be applying to the state’s Local Innovation and Fast Track, or LIFT, program again this year after not receiving funds in 2022, and receiving the federal monies can help that effort. Elder says project partners Community Development Partners and Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation continue work on the project while the funds to build it are being sought, doing work with stakeholders on what the development should look like.