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<br />Homeless and Affordable Housing Funding Request for Proposals <br />Approved by the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners on February 21, 2017 <br />2 <br />Section 1 – Introduction to Fund Sources <br /> <br />Affordable Housing Funds <br />The Washington State Legislature enacted Substitute House Bill 2060 “An act relating to <br />funds for operating and maintenance of low-income housing projects and for innovative <br />housing demonstration projects” into law in 2002. The provisions of this statute were <br />codified in several locations in the RCW (Revised Code of Washington). This law required <br />each county in Washington State to charge a ten dollar surcharge on almost all recorded <br />documents. <br /> <br />The intent of this act is to assist in the development and preservation of affordable low- <br />income housing to address critical local housing needs. Affordable housing funds must be <br />used for housing activities that serve very low-income households at or below 50% of the <br />area median income, with a priority on extremely low-income households at or below 30% <br />of the area median income. Eligible activities to be funded with affordable housing funds <br />are limited to: <br /> Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of housing projects or units within <br />housing projects that are affordable to very low-income households with incomes at <br />or below fifty percent of the area median income, including units for <br />homeownership, rental units, seasonal and permanent farmworker housing units, <br />units reserved for victims of human trafficking and their families, and single room <br />occupancy units; <br /> Supporting building operation and maintenance costs of housing projects or units <br />within housing projects eligible to receive housing trust funds, that are affordable to <br />very low-income households with incomes at or below fifty percent of the area <br />median income, and that require a supplement to rent income to cover ongoing <br />operating expenses; <br /> Rental assistance vouchers for housing units that are affordable to very low-income <br />households with incomes at or below fifty percent of the area median income, <br />including rental housing vouchers for victims of human trafficking and their <br />families, to be administered by a local public housing authority or other local <br />organization that has an existing rental assistance voucher program, consistent with <br />or similar to the United States department of housing and urban development's <br />section 8 rental assistance voucher program standards; and <br /> Operating costs for emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth shelters. <br /> <br />RCW 36.22.178. Subsequent amendments have not changed these restrictions. <br /> <br />Homeless Housing and Assistance Funds <br />In 2005, the Washington State Legislature passed ESS House Bill 2163, “An act relating to <br />preventing and ending homelessness in the State of Washington.” The provisions of this <br />statute were codified in several locations in the RCW (Revised Code of Washington). The <br />law required each county Auditor in Washington State to charge additional surcharge(s) on <br />most recorded documents. These funds are intended to be used to accomplish the goals of <br />the local homeless housing plan aimed at addressing short-term and long-term housing for