Title 43 — Title 43 STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE
178 chapters · 3,474 sections in this title.
RCW 43.185B.005 Finding.
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(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Housing is of vital statewide importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the state;(b) Reducing homelessness and moving individuals and families toward stable, affordable housing is of vital statewide importance;(c) Safe, …
RCW 43.185B.007 Goal.
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It is the goal of the state of Washington to coordinate, encourage, and direct, when necessary, the efforts of the public and private sectors of the state and to cooperate and participate, when necessary, in the attainment of a decent home in a healthy, safe environment for every…
RCW 43.185B.009 Objectives.
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The objectives of the Washington housing policy act shall be to attain the state's goal of a decent home in a healthy, safe environment for every resident of the state by strengthening public and private institutions that are able to:(1) Develop an adequate and affordable supply …
RCW 43.185B.010 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing that is rented or owned by a person or household whose monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, …
RCW 43.185B.020 Affordable housing advisory board—Generally.
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(1) The department shall establish the affordable housing advisory board to consist of 25 members.(a) The following 22 members shall be appointed by the governor:(i) Two representatives of the residential construction industry;(ii) Two representatives of the home mortgage lending…
RCW 43.185B.030 Affordable housing advisory board—Duties.
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The affordable housing advisory board shall:(1) Analyze those solutions and programs that could begin to address the state's need for housing that is affordable for all economic segments of the state, and special needs populations, including but not limited to programs or proposa…
RCW 43.185B.031 Affordable housing advisory board—Review of condominium conversion issues—Report.
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(1) The affordable housing advisory board must review issues associated with the conversion of multifamily buildings to condominium ownership including, but not limited to:(a) An assessment of the current housing market and affordability of condominium conversions, especially for…
RCW 43.185B.033 Affordable housing advisory board—State housing needs.
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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 a…
RCW 43.185B.040 Housing advisory plan—Report to legislature.
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(1) The department shall, in consultation with the affordable housing advisory board created in RCW 43.185B.020, prepare and from time to time amend a five-year housing advisory plan. The purpose of the plan is to document the need for affordable housing in the state and the exte…
RCW 43.185B.900 Short title.
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This chapter may be known and cited as the "Washington housing policy act."[ 1993 c 478 s 24.]
RCW 43.185C.005 Findings.
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Despite laudable efforts by all levels of government, private individuals, nonprofit organizations, and charitable foundations to end homelessness, the number of homeless persons in Washington is unacceptably high. The state's homeless population, furthermore, includes a large nu…
RCW 43.185C.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Administrator" means the individual who has the daily administrative responsibility of a crisis residential center.(2) "Child in need of services petition" means a pet…
RCW 43.185C.020 Homeless housing program.
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There is created within the department the homeless housing program to develop and coordinate a statewide strategic plan aimed at housing homeless persons. The program shall be developed and administered by the department with advice and input from the affordable housing advisory…
RCW 43.185C.030 Washington homeless census or count—Confidentiality.
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(1) The department shall conduct a Washington homeless census or count consistent with the requirements of RCW 43.185C.180. The department shall determine, in consultation with local governments, the data to be collected.(2) All personal information collected in the census is con…
RCW 43.185C.040 Homeless housing strategic plan—Program outcomes and performance measures and goals—Coordination—Statewide data gathering instrument—Reports.
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(1) The department shall, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness, the affordable housing advisory board, and the state advisory council on homelessness, prepare and publish a five-year homeless housing strategic plan which must outline statewide goals and pe…
RCW 43.185C.045 Homeless housing strategic plan—Annual report of department and local governments.
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(1) By December 1st of each year, the department must provide an update on the state's homeless housing strategic plan and its activities for the prior fiscal year. The report must include, but not be limited to, the following information:(a) An assessment of the current conditio…
RCW 43.185C.050 Local homeless housing plans.
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(1) Each local homeless housing task force shall prepare and recommend to its local government legislative authority a five-year homeless housing plan for its jurisdictional area, which shall be not inconsistent with the department's statewide guidelines issued by December 1, 201…
RCW 43.185C.060 Home security fund account—Performance metrics—Expenditure review.
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(1) The home security fund account is created in the state treasury, subject to appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for programs as described in this chapter.(2)(a) By December 15, 2021, the department, in consultation with stakeholder groups specified i…
RCW 43.185C.070 Grant applications.
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(1) During each calendar year in which moneys from the home security fund account are available for use by the department for the homeless housing grant program, the department shall announce to all Washington counties, participating cities, and through major media throughout the…
RCW 43.185C.080 Homeless housing grants—Participation.
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(1) Only a local government is eligible to receive a homeless housing grant from the home security fund account. Any city may assert responsibility for homeless housing within its borders if it so chooses, by forwarding a resolution to the legislative authority of the county stat…
RCW 43.185C.090 Allocation of grant moneys—Issuance of criteria or guidelines.
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The department shall allocate grant moneys from the *homeless housing account to finance in whole or in part programs and projects in approved local homeless housing plans to assist homeless individuals and families gain access to adequate housing, prevent at-risk individuals fro…
RCW 43.185C.100 Technical assistance.
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The department shall provide technical assistance to any participating local government that requests such assistance. Technical assistance activities may include:(1) Assisting local governments to identify appropriate parties to participate on local homeless housing task forces;…
RCW 43.185C.110 Progress reports—Uniform process.
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The department shall establish a uniform process for participating local governments to report progress toward reducing homelessness and meeting locally established goals.[ 2005 c 484 s 15.]
RCW 43.185C.120 Rules.
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The department may adopt such rules as may be necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter.[ 2005 c 484 s 16.]
RCW 43.185C.130 Protection of state's interest in grant program projects.
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The department shall ensure that the state's interest is protected upon the development, use, sale, or change of use of projects constructed, acquired, or financed in whole or in part through the homeless housing grant program. These policies may include, but are not limited to: …
RCW 43.185C.140 Public assistance eligibility—Payments exempt.
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The department of social and health services shall exempt payments to individuals provided under this chapter when determining eligibility for public assistance.[ 2005 c 484 s 20.]
RCW 43.185C.150 Expenditures within authorized funds—Existing expenditures not reduced or supplanted.
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This chapter does not require either the department or any local government to expend any funds to accomplish the goals of this chapter other than the revenues authorized in chapter 484, Laws of 2005. However, neither the department nor any local government may use any funds auth…
RCW 43.185C.160 County homeless housing task forces—Homeless housing plans—Reports by counties.
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(1) Each county shall create a homeless housing task force to develop a five-year homeless housing plan addressing short-term and long-term housing for homeless persons.Membership on the task force may include representatives of the counties, cities, towns, housing authorities, c…
RCW 43.185C.170 Interagency council on homelessness—Duties—Reports.
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(1) The interagency council on homelessness, as defined in RCW 43.185C.010, shall be convened not later than August 31, 2006, and shall meet at least two times each year and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature annually by December 31st on its activities.(2) Th…
RCW 43.185C.180 Washington homeless client management information system.
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(1) In order to improve services for the homeless, the department, within amounts appropriated by the legislature for this specific purpose, shall implement the Washington homeless client management information system for the ongoing collection and updates of information about al…
RCW 43.185C.185 Eviction prevention rental assistance program.
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(1) The eviction prevention rental assistance program is created in the department to prevent evictions by providing resources to households most likely to become homeless or suffer severe health consequences, or both, after an eviction, while promoting equity by prioritizing hou…
RCW 43.185C.190 Affordable housing for all account.
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The affordable housing for all account is created in the state treasury, subject to appropriation. Expenditures from the account may only be used for allowable uses as described in RCW 36.22.250(5). During the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, expenditures from the account may be used f…
RCW 43.185C.200 Transitional housing assistance to offenders—Pilot program.
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(1) The department of commerce shall establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible organizations, as described in RCW 43.185A.040, to provide transitional housing assistance to offenders who are reentering the community and are in need of housing.(2) There shall be a mi…
RCW 43.185C.210 Transitional housing operating and rent program.
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(1) The transitional housing operating and rent program is created in the department to assist individuals and families who are homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless to secure and retain safe, decent, and affordable housing. The department shall provide grants to eligi…
RCW 43.185C.220 Essential needs and housing support program—Distribution of funds.
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(1) The department shall distribute funds for the essential needs and housing support program established under this section in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section and the biennial operating budget. The first distribution of funds must be completed by Septem…
RCW 43.185C.230 Verification of eligibility—Medical care services.
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The department, in collaboration with the department of social and health services, shall:(1) Develop a mechanism through which the department and local governments or community-based organizations can verify a person has been determined eligible for a referral for essential need…
RCW 43.185C.250 Youth services—Duties of crisis residential center administrator and department—Multidisciplinary team.
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(1)(a) The administrator of a crisis residential center may convene a multidisciplinary team, which is to be locally based and administered, at the request of a child placed at the center or the child's parent.(b) If the administrator has reasonable cause to believe that a child …
RCW 43.185C.255 Youth services—Multidisciplinary team—Duties.
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(1) The purpose of the multidisciplinary team is to assist in a coordinated referral of the family to available social and health-related services.(2) The team shall have the authority to evaluate the juvenile, and family members, if appropriate and agreed to by the parent, and s…
RCW 43.185C.260 Youth services—Officer taking child into custody—Authorization—Duration of custody—Transporting—Report on suspected abuse or neglect.
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(1) A law enforcement officer shall take a child into custody:(a) If a law enforcement agency has been contacted by the parent of the child that the child is absent from parental custody without consent; or(b) If a law enforcement officer reasonably believes, considering the chil…
RCW 43.185C.265 Youth services—Officer taking child into custody—Procedure—Transporting to home, crisis residential center, custody of department of social and health services, or juvenile detention facility.
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(1) An officer taking a child into custody under RCW 43.185C.260(1) (a) or (b) shall inform the child of the reason for such custody and shall:(a) Transport the child to his or her home or to a parent at his or her place of employment, if no parent is at home. The parent may requ…
RCW 43.185C.275 Youth services—Immunity from liability for law enforcement officer and person with whom child is placed.
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(1) A law enforcement officer acting in good faith pursuant to this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability for such action.(2) A person with whom a child is placed pursuant to this chapter and who acts reasonably and in good faith is immune from civil or criminal liab…
RCW 43.185C.280 Youth services—Duty to inform parents—Transportation to child's home or out-of-home placement—Notice to department of social and health services.
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(1) The administrator of a designated crisis residential center shall perform the duties under subsection (3) of this section:(a) Upon admitting a child who has been brought to the center by a law enforcement officer under RCW 43.185C.265;(b) Upon admitting a child who has run aw…
RCW 43.185C.285 Youth services—Unauthorized leave from crisis residential center—Notice to parents, law enforcement, and the department of children, youth, and families.
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The administrator of a crisis residential center shall notify parents and the appropriate law enforcement agency as to any unauthorized leave from the center by a child placed at the center. The administrator shall also notify the department of children, youth, and families immed…
RCW 43.185C.290 Youth services—Child admitted to secure facility—Maximum hours of custody—Evaluation for semi-secure facility or release to department of social and health services—Parental right to remove child—Reconciliation effort—Information to parent and child—Written statement of services and rights—Crisis residential center immunity from liability.
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(1) A child admitted to a secure facility located in a juvenile detention center shall remain in the facility for at least twenty-four hours after admission but for not more than five consecutive days. A child admitted to a secure facility not located in a juvenile detention cent…
RCW 43.185C.295 Youth services—Crisis residential centers—Establishment—Staff—Duties—Semi-secure facilities—Secure facilities.
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(1) The department shall establish, through performance-based contracts with private or public vendors, regional crisis residential centers with semi-secure facilities. These facilities shall be structured group care facilities licensed under rules adopted by the department of so…
RCW 43.185C.2951 Youth services—Crisis residential centers—Incremental increase in beds.
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Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, the capacity available in crisis residential centers established pursuant to this chapter shall be increased incrementally by no fewer than ten beds per fiscal year through fiscal year 2019 in order to accommodate truant students fo…
RCW 43.185C.300 Youth services—Secure facilities—Limit on reimbursement or compensation.
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No contract may provide reimbursement or compensation to:(1) A secure facility located in a juvenile detention center for any service delivered or provided to a resident child after five consecutive days of residence; or(2) A secure facility not located in a juvenile detention ce…
RCW 43.185C.305 Youth services—Crisis residential centers—Removal from—Services available—Unauthorized leave.
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(1) If a resident of a crisis residential center becomes by his or her behavior disruptive to the facility's program, such resident may be immediately removed to a separate area within the facility and counseled on an individual basis until such time as the child regains his or h…
RCW 43.185C.310 Youth services—Crisis residential centers—Removal to another center or secure facility—Placement in secure juvenile detention facility.
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(1) A child taken into custody and taken to a crisis residential center established pursuant to RCW 43.185C.295 may, if the center is unable to provide appropriate treatment, supervision, and structure to the child, be taken at department expense to another crisis residential cen…
RCW 43.185C.315 Youth services—HOPE centers—Establishment—Requirements.
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(1) The department shall establish HOPE centers across the state and may establish HOPE centers by contract, within funds appropriated by the legislature specifically for this purpose. HOPE centers shall be operated in a manner to reasonably assure that street youth placed there …