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?