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Committee considers bill to speed permitting and dispute resolution for shelters and supportive housing
Summary
House Bill 1195 would require administrative review for permits for permanent supportive, transitional, and emergency indoor housing ("step housing") and allow the Department of Commerce to resolve disputes and reverse local denials; the bill would authorize withholding certain state revenues if a jurisdiction fails to correct violations.
House Bill 1195 would prohibit cities and counties from denying or precluding permits for so-called step housing — permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and shelters — and would require jurisdictions to process step-housing permit applications administratively through planning directors or their designees.
Serena Dolly, staff to the committee, summarized the bill’s key points: jurisdictions may not deny step housing in zones where hotels are allowed or, for transitional or permanent supportive housing, in residential zones; reasonable occupancy, spacing, and intensity requirements are allowed so long as they do not preclude siting necessary to meet each jurisdiction’s comprehensive-plan need. If a dispute arises about whether a local rule precludes siting, Commerce would facilitate dispute resolution and, if unresolved, would review the record…
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