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Commerce outlines five-year homeless housing strategic plan and local guidance
Summary
Washington Department of Commerce staff described the state's five-year homeless housing strategic plan, its five objectives (equity, workforce, prevention, prioritization of highest-need populations, housing to meet needs), and local plan guidance; staff noted capital awards for over 1,000 permanent supportive units and implementation steps.
Jisu from the Washington State Department of Commerce presented the state's homeless housing strategic plan, explaining how the five objectives will guide county plans and spending.
The plan emphasizes equity and centering people with lived experience, monitoring racial equity performance measures, and technical assistance for grantees. Jisu said Commerce has launched coordinated-entry pilots with HCA and managed-care organizations to place community health workers at entry sites and noted three capital funding cohorts that produced over 1,000 permanent supportive housing units awarded and coming online this year or next.
Commerce staff urged counties to align local plans with the state guidance (local plans were due December 2025) and flagged implementation limits tied to staff capacity and budget constraints. The presentation closed by noting the plan was published in October 2024 and that Commerce will post slides and related resources to the committee chat.
