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Des Moines signs off on $39,811 SCIP allocation; regional pool to fund four South King County projects

2815974 · March 29, 2025

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Summary

The council approved, as part of the consent calendar, the City of Des Moines’ concurrence with South King Housing and Homelessness Partners’ executive board recommendation to allocate $4.1 million to four affordable-housing projects across South King County; Des Moines’ proportional share to be authorized is $39,811.

Claire Goodwin, executive manager for South King Housing and Homelessness Partners (SCIP), presented the SCIP Executive Board’s funding recommendations for the housing capital fund during the March 27 Des Moines City Council meeting and asked the council to authorize the allocation of the city’s pro rata share.

Goodwin said SCIP pooled multiple funding sources — including Substitute House Bill 1406 (state sales-tax recapture for affordable housing), House Bill 1590 (a local sales-and-use tax for housing and behavioral-health facilities), and general funds contributed by participating cities — to maximize affordable-housing investments across eleven South King County cities plus King County.

The SCIP Executive Board recommended funding four previously awarded or eligible projects totaling $4,100,000: Mercy Housing Northwest’s Burien Family Housing (91 units), TWG’s Pandion at Star Lake (mixed-use, 251 units), Multi-Service Center’s White River Apartments (24-unit rehabilitation), and Habitat for Humanity’s Burien Miller Creek (40-unit homeownership project). Goodwin said the council’s formal authorization of the city’s share is required under the interlocal agreement; she recommended allocating $39,811 from Des Moines’ SCIP contribution to the projects (split between the listed projects according to the SCIP memorandum).

The council approved the recommendation as part of the consent calendar without separate debate. The consent calendar vote adopted multiple items (vouchers, minutes, Redondo boat launch regulation, SCIP funding allocation approval, a public works HVAC upgrade, rights-of-way procurement staffing update) and passed unanimously.