Washington State Statutes/Administrative Codes - Housing

Contents

• New Legislation
• General Housing Policy & Programs
• Housing Finance/Assistance
• Housing Authority
• Specific Housing Types
• Renewal/Removal
• Nonprofit Property/Housing
• Miscellaneous
• Housing Statutes and Federal Law

New Legislation

• ESHB 1956 (C 175 L 2010) - Tent cities for homeless persons.
• 2ESSB 5742 (C 132 L 2010) - Crime free rental housing programs.
• SSB 6459 (C 148 L 2010) - Rental property inspections.

General Housing Policy & Programs

• Washington Housing Policy Act - Ch. 43.185B, RCW.
• Affordable Housing Program - Ch. 43.185A, RCW.
• Homeless Housing and Assistance - Ch. 43.185C, RCW.
• Affordable Housing Program (Washington State Department of Commerce) - WAC 365-200.
• Housing goal (Growth Management Act) - RCW 36.70A.020 (Item 4).
• Mandatory housing element - (Growth Management Act) - RCW 36.70A.070 (Item 2).
• Affordable Housing Incentive Programs (GMA jurisdictions) – RCW 36.70A. 540.
• Housing - (Washington State Department of Commerce) - Coordination duties - RCW 43.63A.650.
• Housing - (Washington State Deptartment of Commerce) - Technical assistance and information, affordable housing - RCW 43.63A.660.
• Housing Cooperation Law - Ch. 35.83, RCW.

Housing Finance/Assistance

• Housing Finance Commission - Ch. 43.180, RCW.
• Housing Finance Commission - Title 262, WAC. - Housing Assistance Program (Housing Trust Fund) - Ch. 43.185, RCW.
• New and Rehabilitated Multiple Unit Dwellings in Urban Centers. (Property tax exemption for multifamily in cities over 100,000 or in largest city in county.) - Ch. 84.14, RCW.
• Emergency mortgage & rental assistance program. (Rural natural resource impact areas.) - RCW 43.63A.610 (through 645).
• Low income housing - Loans and grants (cities and towns) - RCW 35.21.685.
• Home Security Fund Account – RCW 43.185C.060.
• Transitional Housing Operating and Rent Program – RCW 43.185C.210 – RCW 43.185C.215.
• Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Revolving Loan Fund – RCW 43.185A.110.
• Affordable Housing and Community Facilities Rapid Response Loan Program – RCW 43.185A.120.
• Home Matching Fund (Pilot program - homesharing for more efficient use of available housing.) – RCW 43.63A.670 – RCW 43.63A.680.
• Allocation of single family bonds among local housing agencies - WAC 365-70.

Housing Authority

• Housing Authorities Law - Ch. 35.82, RCW.

Specific Housing Types

• Accessory Apartments - CTED (Washington State Deptartment of Commerce) duties RCW 43.63A.215 (see also RCW 36.70.677 - counties, RCW 35A.63.230 - code cities, RCW 35.63.210 - cities & towns, RCW 36.70A.400 - GMA local governments).
• Farmworker housing - RCW 43.63A.650, RCW 43.63A.500 & RCW 43.63A.505.
• Homeless and Housing Assistance - Ch. 43.185C, RCW.
• Independent Youth Housing – RCW 43.63A.305 – 315.
• Manufactured housing - RCW 43.63A.470 - 490.
• Department of Labor and Industries (section 335 - 495, regulation of mobile homes & factory built housing) - Ch. 43.22, RCW.
• Manufactured/Mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act - Ch. 59.20, RCW.
• Mobile home relocation assistance - Ch. 59.21, RCW.
• Manufactured Housing – Limits on local government regulation on placement or use of manufactured homes – RCW 35.21.684 – cities & towns, RCW 35A.21.312 – code cities, and RCW 36.01.225 – counties.
• Condominium Conversion – Notice, tenants, relocation assistance and reporting requirements – RCW 64.34.440 – 442.

Renewal/Removal

• Unfit Dwellings, Buildings & Structures - Ch. 35.80, RCW.
• Condemnation of Blighted Property - Ch. 35.80A, RCW.
• Urban Renewal - Ch. 35.81, RCW.

Nonprofit Property/Housing

• Nonprofit homes for the aging - RCW 84.36.041.
• Nonprofit property used to provide housing for persons with developmental disabilities - RCW 84.36.042.
• Nonprofit property used in providing emergency or transitional housing to low income homeless or victims of domestic violence - RCW 84.36.043.
• Nonprofit property used to provide rental housing for very low-income - RCW 84.36.560.

Miscellaneous

• Landlord-Tenant Act - Title 59, RCW.
• Lease of county property - Affordable housing - RCW 36.34.135.
• Affordable housing - Inventory of state-owned land - RCW 43.63A.510 (See also inventory of suitable property/housing - RCW 36.34.137 - Counties, RCW 35.21.687 - Cities and towns, RCW 47.12.064 - WSDOT, RCW 43.19.19201 - Dept. of General Administration, RCW 43.20A.037 - Dept. of Social & Health Services and RCW 72.09.055 - Dept. of corrections).

Federal Statutes and Housing Law

See MRSC's page on Federal Statutes and Housing Law for examples and references from U.S. Code and Regulations on Housing.