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Regional Housing Council approves $5.5 million plan to preserve right-of-way and encampment beds, leaving gaps for some programs
Summary
The Regional Housing Council approved a staff plan to allocate roughly $5.5 million in Encampment Resolution Program funds to preserve operations at state-funded sites and to backfill critical shelter and tiny-home programs while acknowledging remaining funding gaps.
The Regional Housing Council approved staff recommendations for allocating roughly $5.5 million in Encampment Resolution Program (ERP, sometimes referred to in discussion as right-of-way or ROW) funding received by Thurston County and the City of Olympia.
Tom (county staff) said the combined available funding beginning July 1 was about $5,500,000. He said the Department of Commerce prioritized preserving operations at three projects where the state invested capital: Sandy’s Flats, Maple Court (a motel-acquisition project currently operated by Lehigh), and the Franz Andersen Tiny Home…
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