RPC acknowledges 2023 Health Through Housing annual report showing progress on units and services
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The Regional Policy Committee voted to acknowledge receipt of the 2023 Health Through Housing annual report during its Jan. 8 meeting.
Olivia Bridal of council policy staff presented the report summary. The Health Through Housing initiative was created after 2020 state legislative changes allowed local option sales and use tax for housing and related services through councilmanic action; King County adopted the sales-tax ordinance in October 2020 (Ordinance 19179) and an implementation plan in December 2021 that set the program's paramount goal of creating and operating 1,600 units of affordable housing with housing-related services.
The 2023 annual report highlighted that 138 units opened in 2023, including 62 units at Verberg Place and 76 at Salmonberry Lofts (the report references the latter in honor of Peter Joe). The report states 911 people were provided housing in 2023, a net increase of 108 residents compared to the previous year; 396 residents were housed in permanent supportive housing sites and 519 were housed in emergency housing sites.
By the end of 2023 the Health Through Housing portfolio included 1,358 units in total (724 open and 634 in progress). The initiative reported revenue of approximately $160,000,000 in 2023, including roughly $70,000,000 in tax revenue. The implementation plan anticipated the use of a $60,000,000 bond; that bond was issued in December 2023 but proceeds were not expected to be spent until 2024–2025, per the report.
Council members moved to acknowledge receipt of the report (Proposed Motion 2024-0225). The motion carried by roll call with the clerk reporting 12 ayes, no nos and no excused votes; the committee recorded the recommendation as a "do pass" to the council's committee of the whole.
The briefing and report materials note adjustments to the multiyear expenditure plan since 2021 due to acquisition and rehabilitation timelines, and that an advisory committee of 14 King County residents certified the 2023 annual report on May 16, 2024. The report and an online dashboard provide further detail on site locations, demographic data and expenditures.
Olivia Bridal of council policy staff presented the report summary. The Health Through Housing initiative was created after 2020 state legislative changes allowed local option sales and use tax for housing and related services through councilmanic action; King County adopted the sales-tax ordinance in October 2020 (Ordinance 19179) and an implementation plan in December 2021 that set the program's paramount goal of creating and operating 1,600 units of affordable housing with housing-related services.
The 2023 annual report highlighted that 138 units opened in 2023, including 62 units at Verberg Place and 76 at Salmonberry Lofts (the report references the latter in honor of Peter Joe). The report states 911 people were provided housing in 2023, a net increase of 108 residents compared to the previous year; 396 residents were housed in permanent supportive housing sites and 519 were housed in emergency housing sites.
By the end of 2023 the Health Through Housing portfolio included 1,358 units in total (724 open and 634 in progress). The initiative reported revenue of approximately $160,000,000 in 2023, including roughly $70,000,000 in tax revenue. The implementation plan anticipated the use of a $60,000,000 bond; that bond was issued in December 2023 but proceeds were not expected to be spent until 2024–2025, per the report.
Council members moved to acknowledge receipt of the report (Proposed Motion 2024-0225). The motion carried by roll call with the clerk reporting 12 ayes, no nos and no excused votes; the committee recorded the recommendation as a "do pass" to the council's committee of the whole.
The briefing and report materials note adjustments to the multiyear expenditure plan since 2021 due to acquisition and rehabilitation timelines, and that an advisory committee of 14 King County residents certified the 2023 annual report on May 16, 2024. The report and an online dashboard provide further detail on site locations, demographic data and expenditures.
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