( Spokesman-Review file photo by Rajah Bose )

From our editorial today about the proposed “rescue” of the Martindale apartment building in Hillyard.

It is noteworthy, then, that a plan is in the works to reclaim the Martindale. Northeast Washington Housing Solutions – the Spokane County housing authority – spent $651,000 to acquire the aging, neglected structure and intends to start raising funds to restore the 50 units.

But at $11.8 million, the cost is a startling $236,000 per unit….

Still, $236,000 a unit? If the housing authority can raise $11.8 million for low-income housing, the agency needs to weigh its options and make sure it spends those funds as efficiently as possible.

How much is too much? Blog lines are open.