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SCIP executive board adopts 2026 work plan; Auburn asked to concur on budget of $501,975
Summary
Claire Goodwin, executive manager of the South King Housing and Homelessness Partners (SCIP), presented SCIP’s 2026 work plan and operating budget, describing member contributions, a recommended reserve funded from a portion of 2024 interest earnings, and continued emphasis on affordable housing investment and interlocal coordination.
Claire Goodwin, SCIP’s executive manager, presented the South King Housing and Homelessness Partners’ (SCIP) 2026 work plan and proposed operating budget during Auburn’s May 27 study session, requesting the city’s concurrence consistent with the SCIP interlocal agreement.
Goodwin said SCIP is a subregional affordable housing consortium formed in 2019 and made up of 11 South King County cities plus King County, and that Auburn serves as SCIP’s administering agency. The SCIP executive board adopted the 2026 work plan on May 16 and the plan reflects four continuing goals: fund expansion/preservation of affordable housing, develop local policy tools, serve as a regional advocate and manage SCIP operations and administration.
Nut graf: SCIP’s 2026 operating budget totals $501,975, funded solely by member contributions allocated by population tier; the executive board recommends increasing member contributions by 15% per year through 2026 (policy adopted in July 2021) and proposes using a portion of 2024 interest earnings to create an unrestricted fund balance in reserve, subject to each member’s approval of the interest allocation.
Goodwin described operating expense changes: modest salary/benefit increases aligned to actual expenditures, an increase in interfund IT charges paid to Auburn as administrator, and higher professional services to cover a biennial data update for SCIP’s affordable housing inventory dashboard and other contracted services. SCIP continues to spend down prior-year fund balance to limit member contribution increases and will allocate the remainder of 2024 interest earnings to the 2025 Housing Capital Fund after member approvals.
The city’s member contribution for 2026 was shown in the packet as $52,295 under the population-tier system; city staff said no SCIP member is moving into a new population tier for 2026. Goodwin asked council to place SCIP’s adopted work plan and budget on a future consent agenda for formal concurrence per the interlocal agreement.
Ending: Council did not take immediate action at the study session. Staff will return with a consent-agenda item for council concurrence in accordance with SCIP’s interlocal agreement.
