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HB 1220 LUTC presentationProposed Code Amendments: Permanent supportive housing and Emergency shelter 13 September 2021 Land Use & Transportation Committee Should the City amend FWRC Title 19 to be consistent with the requirements of ESSHB 1220 relating to permanent supportive housing and transitional housing and emergency housing and shelter? Policy Question •Policy Question •What is Permanent supportive housing? •What is emergency housing and shelter? •Why are these Code amendments coming now? •Why does the City need to do anything? •Where can these uses go? •What is the City’s Projected Need? •What control does the City have/Summary of Standards? •Planning Commission •Next Steps Presentation Outline What is Permanent Supportive Housing? “Subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housing is paired with on-site or off-site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was at imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a successful tenant in a housing arrangement, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community-based health care, treatment, or employment services.” –HB 1220 What is Emergency Housing and Emergency Shelter? Emergency Housing: “Temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families. Emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement.” –HB 1220 What is Emergency Housing and Emergency Shelter? Emergency Shelter: “A facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. Emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations.” –HB 1220 1.Newly-adopted State legislation 2.Deadlines for compliance: July & September 3.City is better served by having standards in place than having no local regulations to apply to these projects Why Now? The City is better served by having standards in place than having no local regulations at all. Taking no action results in unlimited and unregulated supportive housing and emergency shelter. Why does the City need to do anything? Zones that currently allow Hotels/Motels BC: Community Business CE: Commercial Enterprise CC-F: City Center Frame CC-C: City Center Core Emergency housing & shelter 9 Zones that currently don’t allow dwellings OP: Office Park PO: Professional Office Permanent supportive housing 10 If implementing standards requires identifying projected need, what is our projected need? Best Available Data: 1.Utilize 2020 Seattle/King County Point In time Count 2.Count data is not segregated by City 3.Utilize data for SW King County 4.Use population of region to determine City’s portion 5.Extend trend from last 4 years out 20 years 6.20-year forecast: 482 dwelling units: 207 Emergency housing/shelter & 275 PSH 7.Revisit in 2023 Summary of proposed amendments 50-unit cap 110-unit cap 1.Parking should include employees 2.SF separation for PSH should be increased to 1 mile 3.There should be operational requirements placed on these facilities Planning Commission Operational Requirements Increasing Separation PSH Single-family zones: distribution at 2 miles (representative diagram) Increasing Separation PSH –all zones: distribution at 2 miles (representative diagram) Next 8/18/21:Public Hearing 9/1/21: Public Hearing Continuation if necessary 9/13/21:LUTC Council Committee 10/5/21: City Council 1st Reading 10/19/21:City Council 2nd Reading 1.Questions? 2.Requests for additional information?