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Regional Housing Council previews April funding recommendations, adopts living work plan

Thurston County Regional Housing Council · March 25, 2026
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Staff outlined the 2026 funding cycle: an affordable housing RFP with roughly $4.8to4.9 million available, a homeless-services RFP focused on cold-weather and lived-experience funding ($350,000), emergency set-aside ($200,000), and renewal of two-year awards. The council adopted an updated living work plan and asked for more scoring transparency and a process-improvement plan.

Tom Webster, RHC staff, gave members an overview of the funding activities they will consider at the April meeting, including recommendations from advisory boards and contract renewals. He told the council the board will review affordable-housing capital proposals, homeless-services proposals (this year focused on cold/hazardous weather and lived-experience housing), an affordable housing RFI pipeline for projects expected in 2029, and renewals of two-year homeless-services awards.

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