09-16-2022 SKHHP PacketSKHHP Executive Board
September 16, 2022, 1:00 — 3:00 PM
Virtual — Zoom Meeting
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City of Auburn Annex 11 East Main Street I Auburn, WA 198001
Annex Conference Room 2
I. CALL TO ORDER 1:00
ROLL CALL
INTRODUCTIONS OF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND
OTHER ATTENDEES
II. REVIEW AGENDA/AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
III. APPROVAL OF AUGUST 19, 2022 MINUTES Page 3
(ATTACHMENT A)
Motion is to approve the August 19, 2022 SKHHP Executive
Board meeting minutes
IV. NEW BUSINESS
a. AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY 1:15 — 1:45
Purpose:. Provide an overview of the joint Housing Action Plan
Implementation project to create an inventory of regulated and
unregulated affordable housing across the South King County
subregion.
Background: As part of a Department of Commerce Housing
Action Plan Implementation (HAPI) grant, five SKHHP cities
have partnered to retain a consultant to develop a database,
online mapping system, and dashboard for monitoring both
regulated and unregulated affordable housing stock in South
King County.
A consultant was retained in July and the dashboard is in the
early stages of development. This is the first project update to
provide an overview the scope of work and a progress update.
Staff presentation: Angela San Filippo
For informational purposes only, no action is proposed
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b. DRAFT 2023 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Page 7 1:45 — 2:30
(ATTACHMENT C)
Purpose: Review and discuss draft 2023 State Legislative
Priorities developed by the Executive Board working group in
consultation with the Advisory Board and staff work group.
Background: The staff work group and Advisory Board
developed a list of potential legislative priorities for
consideration by the Executive Board working group. The
working group narrowed down the list to focus legislative
priorities that are most relevant to SKHHP's mission, are likely
to have the greatest impact on South King County, and areas
SKHHP partners are likely to be able to reach agreement.
Staff will review the list of potential legislative priorities and
facilitate discussion. This will be followed by an opportunity for
Board members to pick the top 4 priorities. When picking the
top priorities Board members will be asked to consider:
- Which priorities are likely to have the greatest impact
on SKHHP's mission to increase housing stability and
access to affordable housing in South King County?
- Which priorities is your Council likely to support?
Executive Board members will have the opportunity to bring
draft priorities to their individual Councils prior to consideration
adoption of SKHHP's 2023 state legislative priorities at the
October 21 Executive Board meeting.
NOTE: The format of the draft legislative priorities is currently
listed in a table with additional background information and
explanatory information to aid initial review and discussion by
the Executive Board . The format for the final legislative
priorities is intended to be a one page document with brief
introductory language for SKHHP and South King County
housing needs and priorities.
Staff presentation: Angela San Filippo
For review, discussion, and opportunity to bring back to
jurisdictions for feedback before consideration of
adoption at October meeting
V. UPDATES/ANNOUNCEMENTS 2:30
SKHHP Program Coordinator update
SKHHP Housing Capital Fund application update
VI. ADJOURN 3:00
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SKON:
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Nancy Backus called the virtual meeting to order at PM.
Welcome to SKHHP Advisory Board member and liaison, Uche Okezie.
a. ROLL CALL/ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
SKHHP Executive Meeting
August 19, 2022
MINUTES
Executive Board members present: Colleen Brandt -Schluter, City of Burien; Kristina Soltys, City of
Covington; Traci Buxton, City of Des Moines; Sarah Bridgeford, City of Federal Way; Dana Ralph,
City of Kent; Sean P. Kelly, City of Maple Valley; Amy Arrington, City of Normandy Park; Ryan
Mclrvin, City of Renton; Cynthia Delostrinos-Johnson, City of Tukwila.
Other attendees: Dafne Hernandez, City of Covington; JC Harris, alternate for City of Des Moines;
Nicole Nordholm, City of Des Moines; Merina Hanson, City of Kent; McCaela Daffern, King County;
Hannah Bahnmiller, City of Renton; Jason Gauthier, SSHAP; Marty Kooistra, Civic Commons; Bambi
Chavez, HDC; Nora Gierloff, City of Tukwila; Uche Okezie, Advisory Board liaison; Elsa Kings,
ARCH; Alexis Rinck, King County Regional Homelessness Authority; Angela San Filippo, SKHHP.
II. REVIEW AGENDA/AGENDA MODIFICATIONS
No agenda modifications.
III. APPROVAL OF JULY 15, 2022 MINUTES
Traci Buxton moved to approve the July 15, 2022 minutes as presented; Ryan Mclrvin seconded the
motion. Motion passed unanimously (9-0). [Maple Valley representative, Sean P. Kelly joined at 1:20].
IV. EDUCATIONAL ITEM
a. A Regional Coalition for Housing (ARCH) Housing Trust Fund
SKHHP was modeled after ARCH and since the beginning of SKHHP's formation we have looked to
ARCH as a successful model of regional collaboration. Hearing from ARCH's Housing Trust Fund
Manager is an opportunity to learn from their staff's experience from an organization that has been
doing this work for almost 30 years. Especially as the SKHHP Advisory Board will be reviewing
funding applications and the Executive Board will be making a funding recommendation this fall.
Elsa Kings, ARCH Housing Trust Fund Manager. Elsa provided brief introduction and overview of her
experience with Impact Capital, Beacon Development, City of Seattle, and ARCH. Overview of ARCH
and the growing housing need on the east side. ARCH's focus has been to serve households earning
50% or less of Area Median Income (AMI), but they prioritize 0-30% AMI. ARCH is part of public
funding ecosystem and utilize leverage from lots of public sources.
Presentation will focus on housing trust fund, underwriting process and lessons learned. ARCH tries
to align their Housing Trust Fund cycle with public funders and in an effort to have one application
that developers can present to all public funders they use the combined funders application.
Applications are typically due in September, review and underwrite applications October through
December. Applications are reviewed with help of their Advisory Board with final recommendations to
Executive Board in December. During January through May they seek final approval from City
Council of their 13 member cities. Start process again in July to set guidelines, which focuses on
which populations to serve for the funding round, how they will be analyzed in the competitive round.
In the past several years they have been incredibly over prescribed.
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During the first meeting with the Advisory Board they establish underwriting timeline and divide
applications amongst advisory board members with interest and expertise in particular projects.
ARCH staff makes an initial review of the application and provides short summary that Advisory
Board uses to underwrite, make recommendations, and obtain more information as necessary.
Prioritize by guidelines for that year, for example: permanent supportive housing, homeless projects,
seniors, and transit oriented development (TOD) projects.
Leveraging private investment is also very important, they like to see that other public funders are in
support of the project.
Advisory Board uses a matrix of evaluation criteria to determine whether projects fall within the
criteria, don't underwrite for points but make sure they meet criteria which includes things like:
feasibility, relevance to local needs, and experience. Feasibility includes making sure that project can
be built within cost projection and project is financeable. Cost estimate is evaluated based on meeting
development and for any discrepancies between third party estimate and construction estimate. Also
look at whether the project can be built within the zoning, potential geotechnical issues, ecological
cleanup, etc. Also look at whether there is a sufficient construction period to be able to build the
project identified in the timeline.
Advisory Board wants to understand that member cities are comfortable with the project, know that it
addresses local needs and priorities, and positive community. Question about garnering community
support. They don't always have community support and can expect some level of opposition, but
developers show they have thought through issues, ARCH can be a liaison to make sure project is
successful in garnering community support.
Sponsor and project management experience includes looking at whether the developer built projects
of a similar size and serving similar populations or do they have a partner to assist. One of the major
factors is the partnerships for service model to provide services that the population needs. Also
ensure services are properly funded — operation and maintenance.
Some of the lessons learned include the insufficient funding to meet the need. Recently projects have
found themselves with funding gaps and have to come back to public funders to get them to
construction. As a result , this year funders are prioritizing funding gaps. For example, this year
ARCH has $4.5 million available but could have projects come back that were funded last year and
that will significantly decrease what is available for new projects. Generally, filling funding gaps is the
priority for all public funders which disadvantages new projects.
ARCH has a focus on providing technical assistance to help make projects better. Staff can identify
potential issues and create open line of communication with developers.
Mandy affordable housing developers and managers lack of organizational capacity. Many looking to
find partners to assist with the process — writing applications. Identify issues, ask questions.
b. King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA)
KCRHA joined us last September to provide an overview of the organization. KCRHA joining us today
is an opportunity to hear an update on their work and discuss potential opportunities for collaboration.
Alexis Rinck provided an overview of KCRHA, background and formation of authority, organizational
structure, responsibilities, and relationships with King County and City with Seattle.
Overview of some recent wins related to emergency housing vouchers, contract, contract
consolidation, release of RFPs, severe weather response framework, sub -regional agreement
progress, service landscape data, qualitative data, housing gaps analysis, and encampment
resolutions.
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Update on the Point in Time County and increase in folks experiencing homelessness — over 13,000
people experiencing homelessness at one point in time. Cross systems analysis of administrative
systems and how many individuals are captured in all those systems. De -duplicated number of
individuals accessing services was 40,871. Keep in mind that not all folks experiencing homelessness
are system connected. Highlighted the disproportionate number of BIPOC communities that
experience homelessness.
Review of subregional analysis with a focus on South King County (SKC) analytics and ongoing
communication amongst KCRHA and SKC cities.
Comment on the incredible list and that work that went into the analytics and the great resource that
the datasets provide for the region and establishing accountability. Question about how KCRHA sees
SKHHP being able to partner with KCRHA. Response included thinking strategically about pooling
resources, similar to efforts made by SKHHP to pool resources for affordable housing. What does it
look like to pool homelessness response dollars?
Question about communication with law enforcement and outreach out with regard to homelessness
and encampments. Response included reference to Auburn based outreach and other SKC outreach
teams.
V. OLD BUSINESS
a. Resolution 2022-04 — 2023 SKHHP Work Plan and Budget
The 2023 Work Plan and Budget was developed in consultation with the staff work group and Advisory
Board. Initial Executive Board review and discussion was followed by outreach to each partner
jurisdiction. Resolution to adopt the 2023 Work Plan and Budget is before Executive Board for adoption.
After Executive Board adoption, the work plan and budget will be brought forward for approval by each
SKHHP partner jurisdiction.
Angela San Filippo provided a brief reminder of the organization of the work plan and action items
priorities by critical, important, and desirable action items. The Work Plan is organized with five goal areas
and action items identified by priority under each goal. Prioritization includes — critical, important, and
desirable. Angela asked for any outstanding questions, comments, concerns, or other feedback that
should be incorporated into the work plan.
Angela reviewed the budget and explained the incremental increases for all SKHHP member jurisdictions
that will enable SKHHP to reach a balance budget by 2025 and asked for questions, comments,
concerns, or other feedback that should be incorporated into the budget.
Traci made a motion to approve Resolution 2022-04 2023 work plan and budget, Sean P Kelly
seconded the motion. Motion carried (10-0).
Traci commented on SKHHP's operating costs and the ability to disperse 1406 and 1590 funds that
recognizes specific needs and priorities of South King County and providing the ability to direct those
funding sources locally. Acknowledgement of the added principle for allocating funds that ensures
projects funded by SKHHP have the partner jurisdictions support and that empowers jurisdictions to
have a voice. Recognition that the contribution is relatively nominal compared to other membership
organizations just to have a seat at the table. SKHHP is not just collaboration but actually making
decisions on funding.
VI. NEW BUSINESS
a. 2022 Second Quarter Progress Report
Angela reviewed the quarterly progress report as required by SKHHP Interlocal Agreement which
provides an opportunity for staff to provide progress update to the Board. Progress reports also serve as a
tool for Executive Board members to communicate back to their jurisdictions about the work that SKHHP
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is doing. New in this progress report is that the budget report splits out the housing capital fund,
operating budget, and department of commerce grant funding. Angela will send out final version of
progress and budget report.
VII. UPDATES/ANNOUNCEMENTS
State legislative priority work group — volunteers are Nancy Backus, Traci Buxton, Sunaree Marshall,
Ryan Mclrvin, and Dana Ralph. Angela had the opportunity to review schedule, potential legislation,
and outreach recommendations with a couple of the work group members. The next work group
meeting is September 8 where the group will be reviewing a fairly comprehensive list of potential
legislation that may come before state legislators during this next session. A draft legislative agenda
will be reviewed at the September 16 meeting with consideration for adoption at the October 21
meeting.
Marty Kooistra spoke about the Black Homeownership Initiative and the work that Bambi Chavez has
been doing in that space.
VIII. ADJOURN
Ralph adjourned the meeting at 3 pm.
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2023 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA - DRAFT PRIORITIES
LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLS AND REVENUE OPTIONS
Potential priority
Explanation
Alignment with housing
Relevant past
Notes
partners
legislation
Authorize local option Real
Addressing the affordable housing needs
A Regional Coalition for
Estate Excise Tax (REET) for
cannot be solved without vastly increasing
Housing (ARCH) — exploring
affordable housing.
the funding for affordable housing.
with partner jurisdictions
Funding is needed at every level — local,
Affordable Housing Committee
state, and federal —to significantly
(AHC) — tentative
increase capital and operating dollars to
support the production and preservation
HDC — tentative
of affordable housing for low-income
households.
Proposal for new local REET, either a flat
rate or progressive tiers to match the
State's REET, is currently development by
HDC work group.
Provide planning resources to
Support for local governments to
HDC — included in 2022
Previous
help local governments plan
implement best practices and policies that
priorities
Department of
for more diverse housing
ensure planning for housing at all
Joint Recommendations
Commerce grant
supply and displacement
economic segments helps to promote
Committee (JRC) —included in
opportunities for
prevention.
equitable growth and prosperity and
2022 priorities
Housing Action Plan,
helps to ensure low-income residents can
Housing Action Plan
live in communities of opportunity near
King County — included in 2022
implementation, and
jobs, services, and access to transit.
priorities
Middle Housing
SSHA3P — tentative
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HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Potential priority
Explanation
Alignment with housing
Relevant past
Notes
partners
legislation
Amend surplus land
Expanding the use of public property for
SSHA313 — tentative
HB1511, 2021-2022.
dispossession policies to
the purpose of affordable housing to
Did not make it out
support homeownership
moderate -income households by allowing
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development opportunities for
a public benefit purpose to include
HB 1908, 2021-2022.
low- and moderate -income
affordable rental housing and
Did not make it out
households.
permanently affordable homeownership.
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For rental housing — monthly housing
costs do not exceed 30 percent of
household income. For owner -occupied
housing — 38 percent of the household's
monthly income and the total household
debt is no more than 45 percent of the
monthly household income.
HOUSING STABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION
Alignment with housing
Relevant past
Potential priority
Explanation
Notes
partners
legislation
Amend statewide just cause
The statewide just cause eviction
TBD
HB 1236, 2021-2022.
eviction legislation. Support
legislation was passed in 2021. Under the
Effective date May 5,
amendments to the statewide
measure, landlords can end month -to-
2021.
just cause eviction legislation to
month leases for reasons like failure to
create consistency in
pay rent, unlawful activity and nuisance
requirements for month -to-
issues, as well as intention to sell or move
month and longer term lease
into a rental.
agreements in alignment with
Landlords can still end a tenancy at the
local just cause ordinances.
end of an initial lease without cause if the
initial rental term is between 6 months
and one year.
Support the establishment of
Work to provide recommendations on the
WLIHA — included in 2022
SB 5825, 2021-2022.
statewide rental and vacant
creation of a statewide rental and vacant
priorities.
Did not make it out
property registration program.
property registration program for the
of committee.
purpose of inventorying both tenant -
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HOUSING STABILITY AND DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION
Potential priority
Explanation
Alignment with housing
Relevant past
Notes
partners
legislation
occupied and potentially available rental
housing.
Provide tenants more time to
There are currently no limits on how high
WLIHA — included in 2022
HB 1904, 2021-2022.
respond to rent increases over
landlords can raise rents in Washington
priorities.
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a certain threshold.
and communities are experiencing very
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high rent increases. When a tenant
cannot afford an increase in rent, they
often have to move with as little as 60
days' notice. With high rents and limited
vacancies, renters need more time to
respond to rent increases over a certain
threshold.
Providing more time for tenants to
respond to rent increases will allow
tenants time to decide what's best for
them, and if necessary, time to find a new
place to live and save money for a deposit
and other moving costs.
The rent increase threshold will likely be
under consideration by legislators. In the
2021 bill, proposed thresholds were
between 3% and 7.5%.
Provide funding support for
Under Washington's Right to Counsel
AHC - tentative
SB 5160, 2021-2022.
tenants' Right to Counsel
program, low-income tenants are
King County —included in 2022
Effective date April
program and pre -eviction legal
provided a free lawyer in eviction court.
priorities
22, 2021.
aid.
Right to Counsel is available to tenants in
eviction court, but pre -eviction legal aid is
WLIHA—included in 2022
the first line of defense against eviction. It
priorities
prevents cases from entering the court
process and empowers tenants to utilize
their rights.
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FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Potential priority
Explanation
Alignment with housing
Relevant past
Notes
partners
legislation
Fully fund the Washington
The Housing Trust Fund is a primary state
AHC - tentative
State Housing Trust Fund,
source for development of affordable
HDC — tentative
authorize new sources that do
housing across Washington State and an
not disproportionately burden
important source of leverage for housing
JRC — included in 2022 priorities
low-income households, and
programs in King County. When the HTF is
SSHA3P — tentative
support continued affordable
increased, the result is additional
homeownership investments.
permanent supportive housing and
affordable housing units in King County.
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