2016 Supplemental Budget 2.0 - Our Analysis | Washington Low Income Housing Alliance

The State House of Representatives released its 2016 Supplemental Operating Budget proposal on Monday, Feb 22, 2016, and we are pleased to report that it is a stellar budget for housing and homelessness services. The House has proposed nearly $60 million in new investments in housing assistance and homelessness services for youth and young adults, families, seniors, and people with disabilities. This proposal comes at a time when homelessness is at emergency levels in communities in every corner of Washington. See below for how the House's budget proposal compares to the Governors budget proposal.

Please consider reaching out to the Chair and Vice Chair of the House Appropriation Committee to thank them for introducing a strong operating budget that invests new resources in housing and homelessness services. Here is the budget writers' contact information:

Appropriation Chair, Rep. Hans Dunshee (D-44, Snohomish): hans.dunshee@leg.wa.gov
Appropriation Vice Chair, Rep. Timm Ormsby (D-3, Spokane): timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov

The House's budget is the second of three 2016 Supplemental Operating Budget proposals that will be introduced this legislative session. It follows the Governor's budget, which was released on December 17, 2015, and it precedes the Senate's budget, which will be released this week. Once all three budgets have been introduced, leaders from the House and Senate will meet with the Governor to negotiate a final budget that all three bodies agree to pass in to law. A final budget is expected to be passed by Sine Die, the last day of the regular legislative session, on March 10, 2016.

Stay tuned for additional budget updates over the next several weeks and please take action to tell your lawmakers that this is a great budget for affordable housing and homelessness. In addition to the Senate's Operating Budget proposal, we are also waiting for the House and Senate's Capital budget proposals. Additional budget analayses will be posted on our blog, and budget advocay alerts and updates will be emailed to our email list. You can sign-up to receive housing and homelessness action alerts here if you are not already subscribed.

Thank you for your advocacy!

2016 Supplemental Operating Budget Proposals

Budget Item	Governor Budget – 12.17.15	House Budget – 2.22.16	Senate Budget - 2.24.16	Senate Budget - 3.11.16
Housing & Essential Needs	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
Aged, Blind, & Disabled Program	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
Medical Care Services	No Change	No Change	Analysis in Progress	No Change
SSI Facilitation Services	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families	No Change	No Change	No Change	No Change
Behavioral Health Housing Support & Step Down Services	+$2.8 Million	+$2.762 Million	+$2.762 Million	+$2.762 Million
Consolidated Homelessness Grant Restoration	Not Included	+$6.62 Million	+$7.466 Million	+$6.62 Million
Consolidated Homelessness Grant Youth Investment	Not Included	+$787,000	Not Included	+$787,000
Emergency Homelessness Investments Funded Via Budget Stabilization Account With Authorization From HB 2988
Rapid Rehousing, Behavioral Health	Not Included	+$5 Million	Not Included	Not Included
Rapid Rehousing, Families	Not Included	+$2.5 Million	Not Included	Not Included
Rental Assistance	Not Included	+$10 Million	Not Included	Not Included
Permanent Supportive Housing Services & Shelter	Not Included	+$19.729 Million	Not Included	Not Included
Youth & Young Adult Homelessness Investments
HOPE Beds	Not Included	$1.028 Million for 23 HOPE Beds	+1.506 Million for 10 CRC & 18 HOPE Beds	+$1.028 Million for HOPE Beds and +$714,000 for ten crisis residential centers beds.
Young Adult Shelter Beds	Not Included	$420,000	Not Included	+$420,000
Street Youth Services	Not Included	$800,000	+555,000 ($120,000 set aside for South King County)	+$800,000 ($120,000 set aside for South King County)
Homeless Student Stability Act Funding (HB 1682)	Not Included	+$4 Million	Not Included	Not Included
Other housing trust account transfers
Housing Trust Account transfer to General Fund	0	0	-$1 Million	-$1 Million
Housing Trust Account transfer to Home Security Fund	0	0	-$4 Million	-$4 Million

Capital Budget Item	Governor Budget – 12.17.15	House Capital Budget – 2.24.16	Senate Capital Budget – 2.24.16
Weatherization Matchmaker Program	+$5 Million	0	0
Housing Trust Fund Portfolio Preservation Program	+$2.5 Million	0	0
Rapid Housing Improvements to bring private market rental homes into compliance with established housing standards	+$1.5 Million	0	0
Rapid Housing Acquisition Demonstration to develop congregate small unit dwellings or convert single-family homes into multi-family homes	+$1.275 Million	0	0
Housing Trust Fund	+$1 Million For Affordable Senior Housing	-$4.3 Million	0
Landlord Mitigation Fund (only accessible in jurisdictions that prohibit rental source of income discrimination)	+$125,000	+$125,000 (from Commerce's Housing Trust Account)	0
Study of housing opportunities for veterans experiencing homelessness & the conversion of units to provide PSH for geriatric veterans with psychiatric disorders	+$100,000	+$100,000 (from Commerce’s Housing Trust Account)	0
Homeless Youth Competitive Grant Program (includes set asides for $1.03/Cocoon house and $1.545/PSKS youth facility in Seattle)	0	+$5 Million	0
Riverton Park home-ownership project	0	+$600,000 (From Ultra energy efficient affordable housing appropriation)	0
Mental Health Housing Health Homes	0	0	+$7.5 million ($4.5 million in new dollars, $3 million from Commerce's Housing Trust Account).
Mental Health Housing, First and Denny	0	0	$500,000

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