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Task force debates vision for new Washington housing agency; members split on focus between supply and services
Summary
At a Seattle meeting, the governor's housing task force advanced draft vision language for a proposed state housing agency and debated whether the new entity should prioritize removing regulatory barriers to build more housing or focus on homelessness services and vulnerable populations. Staff will circulate draft language and launch subcommittees.
At a meeting convened in Seattle, the state task force charged with outlining a new Washington housing agency spent much of its session drafting mission and vision language and debating how the agency should balance building housing with serving vulnerable populations.
Chair David Frock opened the meeting and framed the day's focus as a mission-and-vision exercise for a proposed agency that would coordinate state housing functions. Daniel Zavala, the task force facilitator from the Department of Commerce, told the group his working goal was to reach about "80% of the way there" on language the task force could accept and to use…
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