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Chapter 43.185 RCW: HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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Chapter 43.185 RCW
43.185.010 Findings.
43.185.015 Housing assistance program.
43.185.020 Definitions.
43.185.030 Washington housing trust fund.
43.185.050 Use of moneys for loans and grant projects to provide housing—Eligible activities.
43.185.060 Eligible organizations.
43.185.070 Notice of grant and loan application period—Priorities—Criteria for evaluation.
43.185.074 Low-income housing grants and loans—Applications.
43.185.076 Low-income housing grants and loans—Approval—License education programs.
43.185.080 Preconstruction technical assistance.
43.185.090 Compliance monitoring.
43.185.100 Rule-making authority.
43.185.110 Affordable housing advisory board—State housing needs.
43.185.120 Protection of state's interest.
43.185.130 Application process—Distribution procedure.
43.185.140 Findings—Review of all housing properties—Energy audits.
43.185.910 Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 356.
Donations of surplus state property: RCW 43.19.1920.
Funding: RCW 43.79.201 and 79.02.410.
RCW 43.185.015
There is created within the department the housing assistance program to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1995 c 399 § 100; 1991 c 356 § 2.]
RCW 43.185.020
(1) "Contracted amount" means the aggregate amount of all state funds for which the department has monitoring and compliance responsibility.
[ 2013 c 145 § 1; 2009 c 565 § 37; 1995 c 399 § 101; 1986 c 298 § 3.]
RCW 43.185.030
Washington housing trust fund.
There is hereby created in the state treasury an account to be known as the Washington housing trust fund. The housing trust fund shall include revenue from the sources established by this chapter, appropriations by the legislature, private contributions, repayment of loans, and all other sources. During the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the Washington housing trust fund to the home security fund account and to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess balance in the fund.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 36 § 936; 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 87; 1991 c 356 § 3; 1987 c 513 § 6; 1986 c 298 § 2.]
Distribution of interest from real estate brokers' trust accounts: RCW 18.85.285.
RCW 43.185.060
Eligible organizations. (Effective until January 1, 2020.)
Organizations that may receive assistance from the department under this chapter are local governments, local housing authorities, behavioral health organizations established under chapter 71.24 RCW, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington, and regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organizations.
Eligibility for assistance from the department under this chapter also requires compliance with the revenue and taxation laws, as applicable to the recipient, at the time the grant is made.
[ 2014 c 225 § 61; 1994 c 160 § 2; 1991 c 295 § 1; 1986 c 298 § 7.]
Eligible organizations. (Effective January 1, 2020.)
Organizations that may receive assistance from the department under this chapter are local governments, local housing authorities, behavioral health administrative services organizations established under chapter 71.24 RCW, nonprofit community or neighborhood-based organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes in the state of Washington, and regional or statewide nonprofit housing assistance organizations.
[ 2019 c 325 § 5012; 2014 c 225 § 61; 1994 c 160 § 2; 1991 c 295 § 1; 1986 c 298 § 7.]
RCW 43.185.074
Low-income housing grants and loans—Applications.
The director shall designate grant and loan applications for approval and for funding under the revenue from remittances made pursuant to *RCW 18.85.310. These applications shall then be reviewed for final approval by the broker's trust account board created by **RCW 18.85.500.
The director shall submit to the broker's trust account board within any fiscal year only such applications which in their aggregate total funding requirements do not exceed the revenue to the housing trust found [fund] from remittances made pursuant to *RCW 18.85.310 for the previous fiscal year.
[ 1987 c 513 § 11. Formerly RCW 18.85.505.]
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 18.85.310 was recodified as RCW 18.85.285 pursuant to 2008 c 23 § 49, effective July 1, 2010.
**(2) RCW 18.85.500 was repealed by 1994 sp.s. c 9 § 857, effective July 1, 1994.
RCW 43.185.076
Low-income housing grants and loans—Approval—License education programs.
The broker's trust account board shall review grant and loan applications placed before it by the director for final approval pursuant to RCW 43.185.074.
The decisions of the board shall be subject to the provisions of RCW 43.185.050, 43.185.060, and 43.185.070 with regard to eligible activities, eligible recipients, and criteria for evaluation.
The broker's trust account board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the real estate commission with regard to licensee education programs established pursuant to *RCW 18.85.040 and 18.85.220.
[ 1988 c 286 § 3; 1987 c 513 § 10. Formerly RCW 18.85.510.]
*Reviser's note: RCW 18.85.040 and 18.85.220 were recodified as RCW 18.85.041 and 18.85.061, respectively, pursuant to 2008 c 23 § 49, effective July 1, 2010.
RCW 43.185.090
The director shall monitor the activities of recipients of grants and loans under this chapter to determine compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in its application or stated by the department in connection with the grant or loan.
[ 1986 c 298 § 10.]
RCW 43.185.100
The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, regarding the grant and loan process, and the substance of eligible projects, consistent with this chapter. The department shall consider the recommendations of cities and counties regarding how the funds shall be used in their geographic areas.
[ 1987 c 513 § 2; 1986 c 298 § 11.]
RCW 43.185.110
Affordable housing advisory board—State housing needs. (Effective until January 1, 2020.)
The affordable housing advisory board established in RCW 43.185B.020 shall advise the director on housing needs in this state, including housing needs for persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities or youth who are blind or deaf or otherwise disabled, operational aspects of the grant and loan program or revenue collection programs established by this chapter, and implementation of the policy and goals of this chapter. Such advice shall be consistent with policies and plans developed by behavioral health organizations according to chapter 71.24 RCW for individuals with mental illness and the developmental disabilities planning council for individuals with developmental disabilities.
[ 2014 c 225 § 63; 1993 c 478 § 15; 1991 c 204 § 4; 1987 c 513 § 3.]
Affordable housing advisory board—State housing needs. (Effective January 1, 2020.)
The affordable housing advisory board established in RCW 43.185B.020 shall advise the director on housing needs in this state, including housing needs for persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities or youth who are blind or deaf or otherwise disabled, operational aspects of the grant and loan program or revenue collection programs established by this chapter, and implementation of the policy and goals of this chapter. Such advice shall be consistent with policies and plans developed by behavioral health administrative services organizations according to chapter 71.24 RCW for individuals with mental illness and the developmental disabilities planning council for individuals with developmental disabilities.
[ 2019 c 325 § 5014; 2014 c 225 § 63; 1993 c 478 § 15; 1991 c 204 § 4; 1987 c 513 § 3.]
RCW 43.185.120
Protection of state's interest.
The department shall adopt policies to ensure that the state's interest will be protected upon either the sale or change of use of projects financed in whole or in part under RCW 43.185.050(2) (a), (i), and (j). These policies may include, but are not limited to: (1) Requiring a share of the appreciation in the project in proportion to the state's contribution to the project; (2) requiring a lump-sum repayment of the loan or grant upon the sale or change of use of the project; or (3) requiring a deferred payment of principal or principal and interest on loans after a specified time period.
[ 1991 c 356 § 7.]
RCW 43.185.140
Findings—Review of all housing properties—Energy audits.
(1) The legislature finds that growing preservation and rehabilitation needs in the housing trust fund property portfolio provide opportunities to advance energy efficiency and weatherization efforts for low-income individuals in Washington state while protecting the state's six hundred million dollars in affordable housing investments. Preservation of existing affordable housing, when done in conjunction with weatherization activities, is a cost-effective, prudent, and environmentally friendly strategy to ensure that low-income housing remains durable, safe, and affordable. Therefore, the legislature intends that where federal funds are available for increasing and improving energy efficiency of low-income housing that these funds must be utilized, subject to federal requirements, for energy audits and implementing energy efficiency measures in the state housing trust fund real estate portfolio.
(2) The department shall review all housing properties in the housing trust fund real estate portfolio and identify those in need of major renovation or rehabilitation. In its review, the department shall survey property owners for information including, but not limited to, the age of the building and the type of heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems contained in the property. The department shall prioritize all renovation or rehabilitation projects identified in the review by the department's ability to:
(a) Achieve the greatest possible expected monetary and energy savings by low-income households and other energy consumers over the greatest period of time;
(b) Promote the greatest possible health and safety improvements for residents of low-income households; and
(c) Leverage, to the extent feasible, technologically advanced and environmentally friendly sustainable technologies, practices, and designs.
(3) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall use the prioritization of potential energy efficiency needs and opportunities in subsection (2) of this section to make offers of energy audit services to project owners and operators. The department shall use all practicable means to achieve the completion of energy audits in at least twenty-five percent of the properties in its portfolio that exceed twenty-five years in age, by June 30, 2011. Where the energy audits identify cost-effective weatherization and other energy efficiency measures, the department shall accord a priority within appropriated funding levels to include funding for energy efficiency improvements when the department allocates funding for renovation or rehabilitation of the property.
[ 2009 c 379 § 301.]
Finding—Intent—Effective date—2009 c 379: See notes following RCW 70.260.010.
RCW 43.185.910
Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 356.
If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements which are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
[ 1991 c 356 § 8.]