HomeMy WebLinkAbout5 Year Plan Review Draft 10.10.25
2025-2030
Jefferson County
Homeless & Affordable
Housing Services Plan
Jefferson County Housing Task Force of the
Joint City of Port Townsend/Jefferson County
Housing Fund Board
9-22-202510-20-2025
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Joint City of Port Townsend/Jefferson County Housing Fund Board
acknowledges the following individuals and groups for your support in the
development of the Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan.
Thank you to the Housing Task Force members:
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Thank you to all those who participated by offering their expertise and insight
on the plan:
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Thank you to the various community groups and service provider
organizations who offered input on the plan:
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INTRODUCTION
The 2025-2030 Jefferson County Homeless and Affordable Housing Services
Plan addresses the need for concerted action to reduce homelessness and
housing instability in Jefferson County. While considerable progress has been
made in expanding and strengthening the Homeless Response System (HRS)
over the past five years, housing stability for many low-income households in
Jefferson County remains painfully out of reach.
The 2025-2030 Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan presents
strategies and actions for laying a strong foundation to secure long-term
success in significantly reducing homelessness and housing insecurity leading
to homelessness. The plan is focused on 5 objectives:
• Strengthening the homeless service provider workforce.
• Promoting an equitable, accountable and transparent homeless crisis
response system.
• Prioritizing assistance based on the greatest barriers to housing
stability and the greatest risk of harm.
• Preventing episodes of homelessness whenever possible.
• Seeking to house everyone in a stable setting that meets their needs.
In developing this plan, the Housing Task Force sought to identify needs-
driven, resource-conscious, and actionable strategies for creating pathways to
permanent housing by involving a wide cross-section of HRS stakeholders.
Appendix A, Documentation of Public Engagement, provides a record of public
engagement that supported the plan’s development.
The Housing Task Force convened by the Joint City of Port Townsend/
Jefferson County Housing Fund Board for the purpose of creating this plan is
comprised of 17 HRS and Affordable Housing stakeholders, including two
lived experts. The Housing Fund Board’s responsibilities include overseeing
the plan’s development and implementation for the city and county.
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EXTENT, IMPACTS AND CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
Ending homelessness is a highly complex challenge. Because the individual,
social, and economic drivers of homelessness all feed each other, a holistic,
multi-pronged approach is required to create sustainable outcomes. There is
no single cause or simple fix, and the needs of each person experiencing
homelessness are often unique.
The twin crises of homelessness and affordable housing hugely impact
Jefferson County. To put it simply, homelessness and housing insecurity
generate trauma with consequences for the entire community.1 The social
and economic costs include:
• Increasing risk of interpersonal violence and traumatization
• Social isolation and loss of community connection
• Worsening mental and physical health and higher risk of untimely death
• Loss of essential workforce and lowered employment opportunities
• High rates of disconnected youth
• Increased rates and perpetuating cycles of incarceration
We can reduce these social and economic costs by building a strong support
system for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness that
includes preventing homelessness whenever possible and providing housing
in a stable setting that meets people’s needs.
The analysis below describes the current state of homelessness and housing
insecurity in Jefferson County based on both quantitative and qualitative data
gathered by the Housing Fund Board.
To design effective programs and policies, we need to understand who is
experiencing it, how they became homeless, what their experiences are, and
what is preventing them from exiting homelessness. To this end, the Housing
Fund Board conducted a series of conversational meetings focused on the
needs of different populations experiencing homelessness and housing
instability that included both service providers and people with lived
1 The terms housing instability, housing insecurity and risk of homelessness are used interchangeably within
this report and refer to not having a safe, affordable, stable and/or adequate home in which to live.
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experience. Appendix B, the 2024-2025 Qualitative Housing Needs
Assessment Findings, provides a summation of this research.
WHO EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS?
In Jefferson County, the average number of persons experiencing
homelessness at some point during a six-month period has remained fairly
stable since 2018 at just over 500 persons according to the Department of
Commerce’s Snapshot Reports of Homelessness.2,3 This equates to around 15
persons per 1000 population, below the state average of 17 persons per 1000
population.4
The annual PIT Count numbers measure the number of homeless from a
different standpoint – how many are homeless on a given night at the end of
January. Of particular focus in the PIT Count are the people who live and sleep
in places not ordinarily used as a living abode, such as in a car, park, bus or
train station, or campground. These are referred to as unsheltered individuals
and they tend to be the most visible part of the homeless population to the
general public. On the other hand, key demographics, such as women, youth
and families with children, tend to be undercounted as they often hide their
homelessness for personal safety reasons.
In Jefferson, the annual PIT Count numbers reflected a downward shift in the
number of unsheltered from 112 in 2022 and 79 in 2024 to 66 in 2025, likely
possibly reflecting an increase in available Emergency and Transitional
Housing beds.5
In Jefferson, there are also a significant number of underhoused individuals,
persons whose homes are officially inadequate, for example, with no running
water or electricity. There is no good way to count underhoused individuals
(who are technically homeless) as many of them do not consider themselves
homeless or seek HRS or other services.
2 Washington State Department of Commerce Snapshot of Homelessness Reports, January 2019 through
January 2025.
3 However, in the last six months of 2024, the homeless count surged in Jefferson County from 513 to 725
individuals (which at 22 persons per 1000 population is closer to the state average).
4 WA Affordable Housing Advisory Board 2023-2028 Housing Advisory Plan, Jefferson County Profile Data
(2022)
5 Washington State Department of Commerce, PIT Results for 2025 and PIT Results 2006 -2024
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Many of the underhoused are prime working-age adults in the age range of 25
to 54.6 They often serve essential functions in our workforce and take pride in
their resourcefulness. However, in recent years, their situation has become
more precarious as they are being priced out of even unpermitted dwellings,
putting huge pressure on them to find ways to meet essential basic needs
including safety.
When discussing the number of people experiencing homelessness, it's also of
great importance to recognize that systemic inequalities cause housing
instability, meaning different demographics are not equally affected.
Homelessness and housing insecurity disproportionately impact historically
marginalized communities due to past and ongoing discrimination, economic
inequality, and systemic bias. These include Black, Indigenous and other
communities of color (BIPOC), immigrants, LBGTQ+ individuals, people with
disabilities, and youth and younger adults.
Locally, the overrepresentation of Black and Native American populations
experiencing homelessness underscores these disparities. Indigenous people
are disproportionately represented in our Jefferson County’s homeless
population at over three times their percentage in the general population and
Black individuals at one-and-a-half times.7
Youth and young adults, ages 13–25, are at far greater risk of being launched
directly into homelessness as soon as they leave school, foster care, or
unstable family situations. Without the stability of a permanent home or a
reliable support system, young adults 18–25 face barriers that compound
quickly: disrupted education, inability to enter the workforce, unsafe living
conditions, and exposure to exploitation. An even more fragile group are
unaccompanied minors, some as young as 13, navigating homelessness
without the presence or protection of a parent or guardian. These youth are at
the highest risk of exploitation, trafficking, abuse, and long-term
destabilization.
6 In Jefferson, a special term, “shed boys and girls”. is used to identify underhoused prime workforce adults as
there are so many. This term is also a historical reference dating to the early 2000s to a subculture of
individuals who were known for their unconventional lifestyles, living in sheds or other makeshift housing in
the woods without electricity or running water.
7 Washington State Department of Commerce Snapshot of Homelessness Reports, January 2024
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Violence, particularly intimate partner violence, often leads directly to
homelessness for survivors by forcing them to flee unsafe situations, while
also creating economic and systemic barriers like job loss and housing
discrimination that prevent them from securing stable housing. Conversely,
the destabilization and lack of support inherent in homelessness can increase
a person's vulnerability to new or ongoing violence and trauma, creating a
destructive cycle.
WHO IS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS?
The number of people at risk of displacement or homelessness are many times
greater than the number of unhoused. Housing displacement refers to the
involuntary relocation of residents from their homes or neighborhoods for
economic, physical, or cultural reasons. It is distinct from voluntary moves
and is often associated with increasing rents as is the case in Jefferson County.
In Jefferson County, it is low-income renters who are being driven out of our
community, as seen in the figure below. Between 2016 and 2013 the Jefferson
County population of renters with incomes less than $50,000 decreased by
1,116 people, a shrinkage of 32%.
Owning your home greatly depends on your access to resources, and access to
resources depends on previous generations of housing policy that favored
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homeownership over renting as a means of building wealth. Unequal access
to housing resources intersects with race. People of the Global Majority
(PGM) are disproportionately low-income renters. In Jefferson, only 10% of
Black households own their homes.
The incidence of cost-burden among renter households tells a similar story.
Cost burden is when a household spends more than 30% of its income on
housing costs, including rent, mortgage, utilities, and other fees. This burden
leaves less money for other necessities and makes households more
vulnerable to financial instability.
While homeownership is often considered to be the gold standard of housing
security, homeownership is not guaranteed to be the most secure option. In
Jefferson, there are approximately 4 times as many owner households as
rental households below 100% AMI.8 That ratio has grown with renters being
forced out of the county. Both renter and owner households in the 50 to
100% AMI range have seen significant increases in cost burden over the last
six years and Jefferson County is increasing in share of owner cost-burdened
households while share is decreasing at the state and national levels.9
In Jefferson, the data shows that older adults (over 65), BIPOC/PGM, and
families with minor children see higher rates of housing cost burden than
other adults, whites, and families without children respectively.10
In developing housing strategies to prevent homelessness, it is important to
consider both the incidence of cost burden and the number of households
with these problems within each income-tenure category, and whether the
incidence is rising among certain income groups.
In Jefferson, rental households below 80% AMI have the highest shares of
housing cost burden. From 2016 to 2023, the number of cost-burden renter
households with incomes below 50% AMI decreased due to significant
displacement (see above), while the cost burden for those in the 50-80% AMI
bracket rose sharply from 35% to 75%.11 These numbers inform the
8 PolicyMap Local Housing Solutions, Housing Needs Assessment Report, Jefferson County, May 2025
9 PolicyMap Local Housing Solutions, Housing Needs Assessment Report, Jefferson County, May 2025
10 WA Affordable Housing Advisory Board 2023-2028 Housing Advisory Plan, Jefferson County Profile Data;
City of Port Townsend 2025 Housing Needs Analysis; Housing Solutions Network, Housing Jefferson’s
Economy Community Report
11 PolicyMap Local Housing Solutions, Housing Needs Assessment Report, Jefferson County, May 2025.
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estimated housing needs the City and County are required to plan for in their
Comprehensive Plans.12
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSECURITY?
Homelessness in Jefferson County reflects structural conditions that are
endemic to U.S. housing markets as a whole. Here, as elsewhere, the lack of
affordable rental housing is a primary structural driver of homelessness and
displacement. This lack of rental housing drives rent increases.
Due to the same market pressures, homeownership is also increasingly out of
reach for most all low-income households and for many moderate-income
households. With fewer affordable homeownership options, downrenting
(when moderate- and higher- income households occupy lower cost rental
units) appears prevalent in Jefferson County. Meanwhile, the number of
available rentals is shrinking as rentals are converted to homeownership
opportunities and mainly sold to people coming from outside the
county. Between 2012 and 2022 Jefferson County lost 748 rental units.13
A strained housing market puts a growing financial burden on renters and
homeowners alike, leading to increased risk of displacement and
homelessness. Similarly, economic insecurity heightens people’s risk of
homelessness. A sudden job loss or other financial emergency can trigger
homelessness. As the overall cost of living climbs and people lose public-
supported benefits such as Medicaid, we foresee a rise in homelessness.
The availability of and access to care and support, such as assistance with
financial hardship, employment support, and health and behavioral health
care guards against damaging circumstances, where a lack of adequate access
to care and support creates disproportionate vulnerability. Meeting the
intersecting needs of vulnerable populations such as youth, older adults,
families with children, and people living with mental illness or substance use
disorders, requires a depth of resources and coordinated service provision
across different service delivery systems.
12 Department of Commerce, Housing Affordability Planning Tool (HAPT) excel spreadsheet ,
13 American Community Survey data, Table DP04
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WHAT LOCAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
INSECURITY?
Jefferson County is one of the most expensive and least affordable counties in
Washington, especially when comparing its median home prices to local
wages. In 2023, Jefferson County dropped to 38th out of the 39 counties in
Washington for affordability for both first time home buyers and homebuyers
in general, followed only by San Juan County.14 The increasing gap between
wages and housing costs means that an ever-growing percentage of the
people who live here cannot afford to buy a home.
In turn, this makes competition for affordably priced rentals fierce. Many in
the local Homeless Response System (HRS) workforce live in surrounding
counties where rents are cheaper. Long commutes on two lane highways to
their jobs adds to the stress of their work and the lack of affordable housing
makes it difficult to recruit and retain workers.
Another local factor that shapes housing outcomes is that a high percentage of
the more affordable rentals are owned by small “mom and pop” private
landlords. Studies show that these small landlords are less likely to evict
tenants, contributing to increased housing stability and preventing
displacement. At the same time, mom-and-pop landlords can face significant
financial challenges, leading them to increase rents, defer maintenance, or sell
their properties for home ownership.
On the demand side, Jefferson County is getting older. Of counties in
Washington State, Jefferson has the highest share of the population age 65 and
older with 26.3% in 2010 and 41.6% in 2022.15 Moreover, Jefferson’s share of
over 65 households is more than twice that of Washington as a whole.16 This
matters as the second largest predictor of homelessness in Washington
counties is the percentage of the population 65 and over, after median rent for
14 Washington Center for Real Estate Research.
15 ACS Table S010 2023 5-Year Estimate
16 PolicyMap Local Housing Solutions, Housing Needs Assessment Report, Jefferson County, May 2025
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one-bedroom apartments.17 It is reflected in our homeless population where
a disproportionate and growing share are older adults.
Finally, Jefferson County is a small rural county with a population of less than
35,000 (smaller than that of most of Washington’s cities). By state law, local
governments must develop policies to prevent homelessness and
displacement but, at the same time, the city’s and county’s resources to
develop a response to the homelessness and affordable housing crises have
been limited.
In practice, the city and county have relied on their partners, the housing
service providers (HSPs), to develop solutions and allocate resources. Over
the last five years, this has begun to shift in response to changes coming from
above and below. From above, there are new Growth Management Act
requirements for housing development and new guidance from the
Department of Commerce on HRS management. From below, the need for
coordination has grown as our local HRS response has evolved to include
more HSPs and other service agencies providing services to the homeless and
housing insecure, especially in the health, education and community sectors.
JEFFERSON COUNTY’S HOMELESS CRISIS RESPONSE
The figure below shows Jefferson County’s HRS and Affordable Housing
ecosystem in relation to the housing continuum. The housing continuum is
comprised of services that provide varying levels of support to individuals
based on their housing stability and needs, ranging from homelessness
prevention to permanent housing. A wide diversity of service and functional
model types offer a comprehensive and adaptable approach to the complex
needs of different populations. Each and every homeless and affordable
housing provider in the system performs vital services in opening pathways to
housing security.
17 Washington State University, Status of Fact Finding Report Year 3, Pathways to Housing Security,
https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/wp-wsucahnrs/uploads/sites/2180/2023/11/2023-Status-of-Fact-Finding-
Report.pdf
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By service type the Jefferson Homeless Response HRS and Affordable Housing
ecosystem is supported by the following service providers:
Homelessness Services focus on providing access to basic needs like food,
hygiene facilities, health check-ups and transportation. Providers include:
Bayside Housing and Services (Bayside), Reach Out! and the Winter
Welcoming Center. They are closely supported by Discovery Behavorial
Health and the Jefferson County Public Health Department’s Harm
Reduction Unit.
Emergency Housing is intended to provide immediate, very short-term
shelter during a crisis. Providers include: Bayside, Dove House, and the
Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP).
Transitional Housing offers temporary, stable housing (usually up to 24
months) and services to help people address challenges and prepare for
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permanent housing. Providers include: Bayside, Dove House, OlyCAP and
OWL360.
Permanent Supportive Housing combines long-term, time-unlimited
housing with ongoing support services for individuals with disabilities or
chronic conditions who need consistent assistance to maintain stable
housing. Providers include: Bayside and OlyCAP.
Community Housing is subsidized housing provided to low- and
moderate-income households at below-market rates. Community housing
models, run by either local non-profits or community organizations, offer
both rental and ownership options, often subsiized. Some programs
require income verification, while others do not. Providers include:
Bayside, Community Build, Habitat of East Jefferson County (Habitat EJC),
Hugging Tree, OlyCAP, Olympic Housing Trust, and Peninsula Housing
Authority (PHA) and ROC Northwest.
Below-Market Rental/Ownership assistance programs, such as the
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing programs and Section 8
vouchers, help low- and moderate-income households secure stable
housing by reducing their monthly housing costs through vouchers or
direct cash payments. Providers include: OlyCAP, Opportunity Council
(Jefferson), and PHA.
In addition, the Housing Fund Board and the Continuum of Care (CoC) have
responsibility for overseeing, coordinating and supporting the Homeless
Response System. A CoC is a regional group responsible for planning,
coordinating and funding homeless assistance services within its geographic
area. Additional responsibilities include administering the Homeless
Management Information System (HMIS) and the Coordinated Entry
Advisory Board (CEAB). In Jefferson County, the CoC lead has historically
been OlyCAP. In the past five years, the Housing Fund Board and its
predecessor, the Affordable and Homeless Housing Task Force, have assumed
many of the coordination, planning and plan implementation responsibilities.
Lived Experts – people with current or past experience in homelessness and
housing insecurity – are essential partners in the effort to end homelessness.
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Their unique insights help to design, implement, and evaluate more effective
and equitable programs.
Lastly, service providers from other sectors, government agencies and boards,
and by-and-for and community organizations form a service network that is
essential to addressing the multiple factors contributing to housing instability.
(See Appendix A for a list of service network organizations participating in the
2024-2025 Qualitative Needs Assessment.)
From 2019 to 2024, huge gains were made to expand and strengthen the HRS
at the system level. Individual HSPs also have been successful in expanding
their offerings and strengthening their programs. Significant achievements
over the last five years include:
• Increasing the number of emergency and transitional beds by 59% to
184 beds and the number of permanent supportive housing units by
43% to 65 units.
• The authorization of the 1/10th of 1% Sales Tax for Affordable Housing
in 2020 provided a much-needed locally-controlled funding source for
capital development projects.
• The Winter Welcoming Center, OWL360’s The Nest and Dove House’s
Recovery Café created spaces for people experiencing homelessness or
are at risk of homelessness to engage with others in a safe environment.
• The county secured funds for the purchase of the Caswell-Brown
property and leased the property to OlyCAP for the development of a
new emergency housing facility with services for up to 100 clients.
Phase 3 of Caswell-Brown is scheduled to be completed in June 2026.
• The City of Port Townsend developed a model ordinance for the
permitting of Emergency Housing Facilities.
• Community Build engaged hundreds of volunteers in building over 40
tiny shelters for tiny shelter villages operated by Bayside and OlyCAP.
• Bayside secured a $6.5 million grant from the Washington Housing
Authority to build a permanent supportive and affordable mid-rise
apartment building.
• OWL360 was founded in 2021 to provide the young people of Jefferson
County opportunities for sustainable independence through a holistic
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targeted approach to serving young people, including affordable
housing and support services, community connections, and programs.
• Habitat EJC implemented their pioneering permanently affordable
housing model and will break ground on their Mason Street
Neighborhood development of 136 permanently affordable homes for
households in the 50-150% AMI income range in 2026.18
• The Coordinated Entry Advisory Board (CEAB) and the Shelter Coalition
were formed to advance coordinated service delivery. The CEAB helps
people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access housing, shelter,
and supportive services. The Shelter Coalition is providing operational
focus for service delivery to unsheltered and emergency housing clients
by bringing together service providers from across service sectors.
The box below highlights the collective strengths of the HRS ecosystem.
identified in the Qualitative Housing Needs Assessment (see Appendix B).
Identified Strengths of HRS EcoSystem
1. Diverse Housing Programs: Multiple organizations provide emergency, transitional,
and permanent housing options, such as OlyCAP, Bayside Housing, Dove House, OWL
360, Peninsula Housing Authority and Habitat of East Jefferson County.
2. Targeted Services Aligned to Needs: Programs tailored to specific populations, such
as youth (OWL 360), domestic violence survivors (Dove House), and individuals with
substance use disorders (HARPS program) have been successful in serving their clients.
3. Expansion of Innovative Housing Models: Tiny shelter villages and global leases
increase affordable housing supply without requiring expensive and lengthy new
construction.
4. Community-Based Initiatives: Organizations like Housing Solutions Network,
Community Build, and REPAH (Real Estate Professionals for Affordable Housing) focus
on engaging the community in responding to the housing crisis.
5. Cross-Sector Partnerships: Collaboration between housing service providers, social
service organizations, local government agencies and community-based organizations
address intersecting needs.
18 Permanently affordable housing is essential for resolving the housing crisis because it creates a stable
low- and moderate-income affordable housing stock compared to market-rate homes.
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6. Advocacy and Equity Efforts: By-and-for organizations like JCIRA and BLMJC provide
advocacy and support tailored to marginalized communities, including immigrants and
BIPOC populations.
7. Data and Needs Assessment: The Qualitative Housing Needs Assessment project and
quantitative data analysis provide lived experience and service provider insights to
inform policy and program design.
The most immediate challenge facing Jefferson County HRS and AH providers
is the need to build and maintain service capacity at a time when funds are
being cut. Overcoming this challenge requires both a focus on operational
improvements and investment in longer-term solutions. This approach is
reflected in our strategies and actions for building a solid foundation for
building long-term success.
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN
Washington state law requires that local governments adopt a five-year local
homeless housing plan ("local plan") for their jurisdictional area. The local
plan must include objectives, strategies, actions, milestones or performance
measures and timelines to reduce homelessness within the county.
The local plan must also be consistent with guidance issued by the
Department of Commerce (Commerce). To align local plans with the state’s
plan and across jurisdictions, the guidance specifies five objectives each plan
must address:19
• Strengthening the homeless service provider workforce.
• Promoting an equitable, accountable and transparent homeless crisis
response system.
• Prioritizing assistance based on the greatest barriers to housing
stability and the greatest risk of harm.
• Preventing episodes of homelessness whenever possible.
• Seeking to house everyone in a stable setting that meets their needs.
19 Washington State Department of Commerce’s 2025-2030 Local Homeless Housing Plan Guidance
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The Housing Fund Board decided to include affordable housing within the
scope of this plan because the plan addresses housing insecurity and because
affordable housing is the last step in the continuum of housing needs.
The process goals for local planning were three-fold. The plan should be:
• Needs-driven, that is, the plan should identify and address the specific
needs of those experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity as
identified in Jefferson’s data and qualitative needs analyses.20 This
approach ensures that efforts and resources are focused on the areas
where they will have the most significant impact.
• Resource-conscious, that is, strategies and actions should be
supported by the people, budget, time and capabilities needed to
complete the plan’s goals successfully.
• Actionable, that is, the strategies for achieving desired outcomes
should be based on concrete actions defined by clear deliverables and
measures of success that facilitate accountability and progress
monitoring,
The Housing Task Force’s planning framework is depicted in the diagram
below. The Task Force’s strategies and actions development process was
both top-down and bottom-up. Top-down planning starts with high-level
strategic goals set by leadership (in this plan, Commerce), while bottom-up
planning begins with an assessment of capabilities (that is, strengths and
resources). In addition, we recognize that planning is fractal, that is, the
execution of high-level plans often requires the development of action plans.
Jefferson County 2025-2030 Planning Framework
20 The Quantitative Homeless and Affordable Housing Data Report for the Housing Task Force, City of Port
Townsend and Jefferson County can be found at https://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/1382/Housing-Fund-Board
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For each objective, a team prepared a presentation to open discussion of the
following questions:
• What are the major needs, barriers and gaps to address under this
objective?
• What existing strengths (capabilities/resources) can we build on to
address this objective? What additional capabilities/resources do we
need?
• What are potential strategies and actions to address this objective?
The Task Force members were then asked to prioritize strategies and
supporting actions. From this input, the strategies and actions were drafted
and cross-referenced to the needs identified in the Qualitative Housing Needs
Assessment (see Appendix G).
Lived experts and service providers not participating on the Task Force were
invited to give feedback on the draft at two Listening Sessions, one for lived
experts and one for service providers from all sectors.
The Housing Task Force in a final meeting then reviewed the draft plan in its
entirety, whereon the draft plan was passed to the Housing Fund Board for
recommendation to the City and County. As part of the final Task Force
review, a timeline chart of actions was constructed (see Appendix H).
As the final step in adopting the plan, the City of Port Townsend (the only
incorporated city in Jefferson County) and Jefferson County held public
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hearings on … and … respectively, after which the plan was submitted to
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OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS
The objectives, strategies, actions and measures of success or performance
below lay out a strategic, multi-faceted approach to helping individuals and
families move from unstable or temporary living situations to safe,
permanent, and affordable homes. This approach is referred to in the plan as
building pathways to housing security.
The particular focus for this coming 5-year period was to lay a solid
foundation for strengthening and expanding the HRS to successfully meet the
housing needs of people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Objective 1: Strengthen the Homeless Service Provider Workforce
A compassionate approach to reducing homelessness and housing insecurity
begins with ensuring the well-being of the frontline workers who directly
provide homeless services and housing assistance. Housing service provider
(HSP) workers regularly encounter trauma and grief when working with
unhoused people and people at risk of becoming homeless. Fostering a
workplace culture that respects HSP staff as the highly qualified professionals
they are and that provides them with the necessary resources and support to
do their jobs is essential to strengthening the HSP workforce. Strategies and
actions to support this objective are:
A. Strategy: Create a peer support network for HSP staff to foster
connections and share information on their work, the services they
provide, resources, and skills.
Action 1.A.1: Form a Peer Network Committee to organize regular HSP
network events where providers from different HSP agencies can develop
supportive peer relationships. Events shall be designed based on input
from participants on frequency, format, content and structure.
Measures of Success: Form committee; High participation in events
Timeline/Milestone: June 2026 network event: ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Peer Network
Committee
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Action 1.A.2: Foster a Homeless Response System (HRS) community of
practice based on shared values and agreements using feedback circles to
create a safe and supportive environment for members to learn from each
other, share insights and resources, and collectively improve their
practices and contributions, particularly with the intent to address
unsupportive work culture issues such as racialized dynamics, burnout and
a lack of career mobility.
Measures of Success: Self-reported increased ability to access and share
resources and solutions
Timeline/Milestone: 2028-2030
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Peer Network
Committee
B. Strategy: Engage cross-system collaboration on training standards
development and training provision.
Action 1.B.1: Generate, publish and maintain a list of training
opportunities covering core competency trainings including trainings on
trauma-informed responsive, anti-racism and client-centered service
delivery.
Measures of Success: List of training opportunities distributed
Timeline/Milestone: September May 2026; ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Peer Network
Committee
Action 1.B.2: Identify opportunities to collaborate on offering training
services with the intent of offering expanded training opportunities and
maximizing existing agency investment in training.
Measures of Success: Shared training offerings announcement; Increase
in percentage of staff receiving trainings
Timeline/Milestone: May 2026; ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Peer Network
Committee
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Action 1.B.3: Coordinate and leverage Consolidated Homeless Grant
(CHG) and other funding for shared training services, including identifying
and funding locally developed trainings and “train the trainer”
opportunities.
Measures of Success: Schedule for shared training offerings completed;
Increase in leveraged training investment
Timeline/Milestone: August 2026; annually ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Continuum of Care (CoC)
C. Strategy: Incentivize HSP staff worker retention and career mobility
practices.
Action 1.C.1: Support HSPs in implementing best practices to improve
worker satisfaction and retention such as retention bonuses, housing
support for housing-insecure HSP workers, work-life balance, and
increased compensation through resource development. In particular,
identify practices supporting workers with lived experience who may lack
the education requirements that pose barriers to promotions and wage
increases.
Measures of Success: Report on best practice resources; Increase in
worker satisfaction
Timeline/Milestone: July January 20276
Lead/Responsible Party: Ad hoc workgroup of HSPs in collaboration
with HFB
Action 1.C.2: Research funding opportunities to provide support for
implementation of worker retention and career mobility practices and
pursue and award secured funds to HSPs.
Measures of Success: RFP for strengthening HSP workforce issued
Timeline/Milestone: March 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: County and City Grant Writers in collaboration
with HFB
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Objective 2: Promote an equitable, accountable and transparent
homeless crisis response system
Strategies and actions that support the development of an equitable,
accountable and transparent HRS are important because they ensure fair and
effective resource allocation, address systemic disparities faced by
underserved communities, and improve outcomes by using data to guide
decision-making and track progress. Tracking and reporting our results helps
us determine if our homelessness efforts are working effectively, make
improvements, and demonstrate accountability to stakeholders. When
communities see that the system is working to address their needs and
correct injustices, it builds trust and encourages greater participation from
people with lived experience in designing and implementing
solutions. Strategies and actions to support this objective are:
A. Strategy: Strengthen Housing Fund Board (HFB) and Continuum of
Care (CoC) in overseeing, coordinating and supporting the Homeless
Response System.
Action 2.A.1: Research and evaluate different CoC and Housing Fund
Board models for meeting Jefferson County’s COC responsibilities.
Measure of Success: Evaluation Report completed
Timeline/Milestone: May 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
Action 2.A.2: Develop and seek service provider input on HFB/CoC
restructuring/implementation plan with effort to minimize adverse
impacts from change.
Measure of Success: CoC Restructuring Plan completed
Timeline/Milestone: November 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
Action 2.A.3: Complete HFB/CoC reorganization.
Measure of Success: CoC Enactment completed
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Timeline/Milestone: May 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
B. Strategy: Improve Homeless Response System (HRS) capabilities to
foster accessibility, accountability and transparency.
Action 2.B.1: Institute biannual reviews of progress towards Homeless
and Affordable Housing Services Plan goals and adapt strategies in
response to emerging conditions. Ensure adequate resources for
implementing goals of the Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan.
Measures of Success: Annual Review Meetings in May and November
Timeline/Milestone: Bi-Annually in June and December
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
Action 2.B.2: Design and implement a shared data system that tracks local
drivers of homelessness and housing instability, functional model and
system performance, including equitable access measures, and progress
toward system-level goals. Incorporate Estimates of Service Level
indicators into data system (see Appendix C) and identify system-wide
measures of performance and target goals, such as a Length of Time
Homeless target goal of 1 year, to enable concrete action (see Appendix F).
Measures of Success: Published data on dedicated webpage completed;
systemwide target goals established
Timeline/Milestone: Ongoing; Milestones in December 2026 and
December 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Coordinated Data
Committee
Action 2.B.3: Establish shared operational policies and protocols (e.g.,
grievance procedures, financials accessibility) and standards of
practice/care (e.g. shelter staff per x number of clients) based on
experience and adaptable to different service populations and models.
Measure of Success: Shared standards and goals published
Timeline/Milestone: January 2028
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Lead/Responsible Party: Shelter Coalition and CEAB
C. Strategy: Support those most impacted by housing insecurity to
participate in making decisions about, implementing, and assessing
system policy, practices, and programs.
Action 2.C.1: Hold bi-annual listening sessions to listen and respond to
feedback on housing conditions and service from impacted populations.
Measure of Success: Observed signs of increased trust and rapport
between participants and facilitators
Timeline/Milestone: Ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB’s Data and Needs Assessment Committee
Action 2.C.2: Implement compensation program across agencies for lived
experts to participate in policy setting, project development and
operational reviews.
Measure of Success: Compensation Program; Increasing participation in
decision-making
Timeline/Milestone: May 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB
Action 2.C.3: Pilot a community-defined equity of service standard of care
that includes criteria like exposure to systemic racism, generational harm,
and housing precarity outside the shelter system. Compensate by-and-for
organizations for their participation.
Measure of Success: Equity of Service Standard; Decreased disparities in
access to service
Timeline/Milestone: December 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: By-and-for organizations with CEAB
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Objective 3: Prioritize assistance based on the greatest barriers to
housing stability and the greatest risk of harm.
Building a solid foundation for the homeless response system depends on our
collective ability to develop and allocate resources strategically. Strategic
resources include robust financial programs, comprehensive and coordinated
support services, and policy interventions that increase access to affordable
housing. Effective approaches address both immediate needs and systemic
issues that cause housing instability. By focusing on the greatest barriers to
housing stability and greatest risk of harm, we strengthen the entire system
and improve outcomes across the board. Strategies and actions to support
this objective are:
A. Strategy: Improve financial sustainability of HRS through
coordinated efforts to bring funding to the community for wider
benefit.
Action 3.A.1: Capture and communicate the benefits of HSR and AH
investments.
Measure of Success: News releases on significant developments issued
Timeline/Milestone: Ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: BOCC, Port Townsend City Council
Action 3.A.2: Incorporate evidence-based prioritization criteria into
Jefferson’s local funding award mechanism (see Appendix D).
Measure of Success: Modified RFP published
Timeline/Milestone: September 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
Action 3.A.3: Monitor and evaluate functional model and system financial
performance (see Appendix C, Estimates of Service Level).
Measure of Success: Financial sustainability metrics completed
Timeline/Milestone: December 2026; annually ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Finance and Data Committees of Housing Fund Board, CoC
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Action 3.A.4: Identify key funding requirements by service agency and
develop long-term HRS financial sustainability plan incorporating a broad
range of fund sources (see Appendix E, Survey of Fund Sources).
Measure of Success: Publish financial sustainability plan.
Timeline/Milestone: December 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board
Action 3.A.5: Facilitate securing and managing capital project funds for
HSPs systemwide from grant opportunity identification and proposal
development through grant compliance.
Measure of Success: Publish financial sustainability plan.
Timeline/Milestone: Ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Finance Committee of Housing Fund Board
B. Strategy: Vertically integrate housing programs and agencies
working on outreach, entry into the homeless response system,
placement in housing, and longer-term housing stability.
Action 3.B.1: Engage, train and compensate lived experts in outreach to
and engagement of underserved populations.
Measure of Success: Increasing number of lived experts in HRS
outreach/engagement staff positions
Timeline/Milestone:
Lead/Responsible Party: CoC
Action 3.B.2: Develop shared policies across service agencies that ensure
fair and equal access to assistance for all households experiencing
homelessness, especially for those transitioning from homelessness and
most at risk of housing instability.
Measure of Success: Improved exits to permanent housing for
disadvantaged populations
Timeline/Milestone:
Lead/Responsible Party: CEAB
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Action 3.B.3: Bridge gaps in the pathways to housing security by
improving linkages between programs, services agencies, the CEAB and AH
housing providers and private landlords.
Measure of Success: Decreasing length-of-stay in homelessness; increase in placements to permanent housing
Timeline/Milestone:
Lead/Responsible Party: CEAB
Action 3.B.4: Explore service delivery practices to reduce administrative
and emotional burden of accessing and receiving services focusing on
client-centered service delivery.
Measure of Success: Decreasing length-of-stay in homelessness
Timeline/Milestone:
Lead/Responsible Party: Shelter Coalition and CEAB
C. Strategy: Align efforts and resources for meeting essential needs
across service sectors including housing, economic, social,
governmental, and health agencies and organizations.
Action 3.C.1: Work with cross-sector partners to develop and implement a
decentralized point-of-access service model to meet people where they are
at, including south and east county communities.
Measure of Success: Increasing project entries systemwide
Timeline/Milestone: January 2027; ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: CEAB
Action 3.C.2: Participate in and provide networking opportunities and
resources across service sectors focused on meeting essential needs of the
unsheltered and underhoused populations.
Measure of Success: Increasing efficiency of resource distribution
Timeline/Milestone: June 2026; ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: Shelter Coalition
Action 3.C.3: Partner with aligned organizations in creating community
conversations (forums) where information, solutions, and common
objectives are formed and shared.
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Measure of Success: Regular community conversations
Timeline/Milestone: 2025-2030
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Fund Board’s Community
Conversation Committee
Action 3.C.4: Engage and compensate by-and-for organizations as
advocates for people experiencing historic and systemic disadvantages in
accessing HSR services.
Measure of Success: Compensation mechanism established
Timeline/Milestone: January 2028
Lead/Responsible Party: CoC
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Objective 4: Prevent episodes of homelessness whenever possible.
Strategies and actions that aim to prevent episodes of homelessness, including
recurring homelessness, have proven to be highly effective. By addressing the
causes of housing instability before people lose their homes, these strategies
offer a cost-effective alternative to emergency shelter, prevent the trauma
associated with becoming homeless, and provide essential support services
that lead to long-term stability. These approaches save public resources,
maintain community stability, and help people secure and keep housing,
which is crucial to accessing other necessary services and opportunities.
Strategies and actions that support this objective are:
A. Strategy: Assist renters with information services and technical and
material support that ensures they can stay stably housed.
Action 4.A.1: Publish and distribute information resources on tenants’
rights as encoded in Washington’s rent stabilization law, fair housing laws
and the Landlord-Tenant Act.
Measure of Success: Distribution of information resources
Timeline/Milestone: January 2027; ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: CoC, Housing Solutions Network
Action 4.A.2: Connect and advocate for tenants with organizations
providing legal and conflict resolution services such as mediation and
restorative justice.
Measure of Success: Established relationship
Timeline/Milestone: January 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: CEAB
Action 4.A.3: Promote tenant training, including on-line certification
programs, that help renters successfully navigate the rental process,
become responsible renters, and prepare for home ownership
opportunities.
Measure of Success: Tenant training program
Timeline/Milestone: TBD
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Lead/Responsible Party: TBD
Action 4.A.4: Explore incubating a self-organizing tenants’ rights
organization.
Measure of Success: Convene workgroup
Timeline/Milestone: March 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Ad hoc workgroup
B. Strategy: Expand supported affordable housing options for renters.
Action 4.B.1: Develop a global lease model toolkit and promote its use in
meeting needs of underserved low-income populations.
Measure of Success: Publish toolkit.
Timeline/Milestone: TBD
Lead/Responsible Party: TBD
Action 4.B.2: Convene workgroup to research and design alternative
housing model that connects aging-in-place service needs with workforce
housing needs.
Measure of Success: Convene workgroup
Timeline/Milestone: January 2027 – June 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: Ad hoc workgroup
Action 4.B.3: Recognize the rights of people living in informal housing to
security of tenure and develop related strategies for formalizing and
improving their housing conditions.
Measure of Success:
Timeline/Milestone: 2028-2029
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB
C. Strategy: Develop AH rental management resources that balance
renters’ and landlords’ needs with goal of maintaining and increasing
stock of community-based rentals.
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Action 4.C.1: Promote landlord training, including on-line certification
programs, that would provide small landlords with assistance in
developing better property management practices and improving the
physical and financial condition of their properties.
Measure of Success: Increasing number of renters taking training
Timeline/Milestone: June 2027
Lead/Responsible Party:
Action 4.C.2: Convene workgroup to explore establishing a non-profit
rental management program that would provide support for community-
based rentals including maintaining an affordable rentals registry.
Measure of Success: Convene workgroup
Timeline/Milestone: December 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Ad hoc rental management workgroup
Action 4.C.3: Investigate, evaluate and coordinate incentives for the
addition, improvement and retention of community-based affordable
rentals, including tax incentives for the maintenance and rehabilitation of
unsubsidized affordable rental properties.
Measure of Success: Report issued
Timeline/Milestone: December 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: Ad hoc rental management workgroup
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Objective 5: Seek to House Everyone in a Stable Setting That Meets Their
Needs
Seeking to house everyone in a stable setting that meets their needs means
creating pathways to permanent, secure, and appropriate housing for all
people, with a focus on comprehensive, long-term support. This approach
moves beyond simply offering temporary shelter to address the holistic needs
of individuals, including health, money concerns, and personal security. It
recognizes that the extent to which varied, and sometimes complex individual
needs are being met—often over extended periods of time and at multiple
points along a pathway to housing security – requires holistic support. For
example, increasing the supply of affordable housing may not advance
housing security unless attention is paid to individual needs in accessing that
housing. The strategies and actions that support this objective are:
A. Strategy: Strengthen local partnerships to facilitate housing access
across the housing spectrum by better matching underserved
populations to housing that meets their types and levels of need.
Action 5.A.1: Help to secure a long-term location for a year-round day
center as a safe space for both sheltered and unsheltered individuals to
access services.
Measures of Success: Location secured; increasing number of
unsheltered accessing services
Timeline/Milestone: January 2026 – June 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Shelter Coalition
Action 5.A.2: Develop and implement a plan to provide a no-barrier
emergency housing that meets the essential needs of the unsheltered
population including the capacity to provide appropriate support to
individuals experiencing SUDs, mental and behavioral health issues. The
ad hoc workgroup will prioritize the involvement of lived experts in
developing the plan.
Measure of Success: Plan/Implementation
Timeline/Milestone: January 2026 – January 2027
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB through Shelter Coalition
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Action 5.A.3: Explore creating a targeted housing program for older
persons experiencing homelessness that leverages HSP investment in
senior housing facilities.
Measure of Success: Targeted Program
Timeline/Milestone: December 2028
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB in collaborations with HSPs
Action 5.A.4: Advocate for simplifying, streamlining, and expediting City
and County permitting processes to facilitate housing development of
emergency, transitional and extremely low-income housing, including tiny
home communities.
Measure of Success: Revised procedures
Timeline/Milestone: December 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: BOCC, PT City Council and planning staff
Action 5.A.5: Explore including family-sized units in existing planned EH
and Transitional Housing developments and in new AH developments
proportional to need.
Measure of Success: Allocated family-sized units
Timeline/Milestone: December 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: HFB
B. Strategy: Resource capacity building in the Affordable Housing sector
to address barriers to supply and meeting the needs of people
experiencing housing insecurity.
Action 5.B.1: Explore creating an Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
(similar to Clallam County’s Housing Solutions Committee) that advises the
city, county and housing providers on strategies to increase the supply of
affordable housing and ensure equitable access to affordable housing for
those most at risk for housing instability by including their representation
on the Committee.
Measure of Success: Joint Housing Advisory Committee is established.
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Timeline/Milestone: July 2026, ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: BOCC, City of Port Townsend Council, HFB
Action 5.B.2: Evaluate a broad range of AH market and non-market supply
strategies for their applicability to Jefferson County context, including
Inclusionary Zoning, Permanent Affordability, Funded Inclusionary Zoning,
and Community Housing. Issue a report with strategy recommendations.
Measure of Success: Strategy recommendations
Timeline/Milestone: December 2026
Lead/Responsible Party: Housing Solutions Network
Action 5.B.3: Coordinate advocacy for state-level policy that supports AH
development such as allowing jurisdictions to charge fees or taxes on
housing units vacant for six months or more and providing funds for pre-
development costs.
Measure of Success: State policy change
Timeline/Milestone: Ongoing
Lead/Responsible Party: BOCC and advocates
Action 5.B.4: Expand the existing Multi-Family Tax Exemption (MFTE)
program in Port Townsend to include additional types of middle housing, a
larger geographic area, an extended exemption timeline, and increased
eligibility for community partners. Explore implementing an MFTE
program in the county.
Measure of Success: Port Townsend revised program; County program
Timeline/Milestone: To be determined
Lead/Responsible Party: City and County Planning Departments
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ADDITIONAL PLAN ELEMENTS
In addition to determining the strategies and actions to support the five
objectives addressed above, Commerce requires the following elements to be
included in local plans: A Record of Public Engagement; Estimates of Service
Level; Survey of Fund Sources for Homeless Housing Assistance Programs;
Estimates of Permanent and Emergency Housing Needs; and Prioritization
Criteria of Homeless Housing Capital Projects. These elements, their purpose,
and proposed actions to meet their intent are discussed next. The elements
themselves are provided in the referenced appendices.
Record of Public Engagement
Appendix A provides a record of public engagement and outreach efforts that
supported this plan’s development and finalization. This record includes a
summation of the service providers and lived experts who participated in the
2024-2025 Qualitative Needs Assessment used to inform this plan in addition
to the record of the Task Force and public engagement in the plan
development itself. The record demonstrates a level of engagement that goes
beyond the basic requirements specified by Commerce but that is appropriate
to a small rural county.
Strategies and actions specifically related to public engagement in plan
implementation include Actions 2.A.2 and 2.B.2 and Strategy 2.C. In addition,
Actions 5.A.1.and 5.B.1 explicitly call for lived expert engagement during
implementation.
Estimates of Service Level
The local plan must include a summary of current investments to address
homelessness and housing instability by project type and funding source.
This is included in Appendix C along with an explanation of why the Jefferson
County data underlying the Service Level Estimates are inaccurate and
incomplete and what steps Jefferson County is taking to complete the data and
remedy the inaccuracies.
Strategies and actions intended to provide future complete and accurate
Estimates of Service Level include Strategy 2A and Action 2.B.2. In addition,
the Housing Fund Board will organize a training led by Commerce on Annual
Expenditures Reporting in the Fall of 2025 for HSPs.
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Prioritization Criteria of Homeless Housing Capital Projects
The purpose of the Prioritization Criteria is to identify guiding principles for
all projects, such as alignment with the strategies and actions from this plan
and consistency with local plans and regulations including comprehensive
plans, zoning, and countywide planning policies and state laws. Appendix D
identifies the guiding principles/prioritization criteria the homeless housing
task force and local government will take into consideration when prioritizing
homeless housing capital projects for public investment in Jefferson County.
Additionally, the Prioritization Criteria provide a link between findings on
underserved populations from the data and qualitative needs assessment
analyses and Strategy 5A: Strengthen local partnerships to facilitate housing
access across the housing spectrum by better matching underserved
populations to housing that meets their types and levels of needs. Appendix D
identifies those capital projects that would demonstrate serving the greatest
needs in terms of underserved populations and their needs.
Actions 3.A.2 and 4.B.1 also address the Prioritization Criteria element.
Survey of Fund Sources for Homeless Housing Assistance Programs and
Capital Projects
The purpose of the Survey of Fund Sources provided in Appendix E is to
document resources available to the local government to implement the local
homeless housing plan and support the local homeless crisis response system.
Action 3.A.4 addresses the use of The Survey of Fund Sources in creating a
long-term financial sustainability plan for the HRS.
Estimates of Permanent and Emergency Housing Needs
The Estimates of Permanent and Emergency Housing Needs are used to align
objectives for capital projects homeless housing development with long-term
land use planning by the City and County. This element incorporates the
Projected Countywide Housing Needs for Jefferson County as adopted by the
City and County in the Countywide Planning Policies (CPP). The local plan
must include a five-year estimate in line with the local plan planning period
(2025-2030) of the following housing needs based on the CPP’s projected
needs:
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• Future permanent housing need for households making 0-30% of the Area
Median Income (AMI);
• Future permanent housing need operated as a Permanent Supportive
Housing (PSH) model for households making 0-30% of the AMI; and
• Future emergency housing needs (i.e., emergency shelter and emergency
housing) including transitional housing (TH).
The table below summarizes the 5-year estimates for EH/TH and PSH needs
and the Homeless and Affordable Housing Services Plan target goals in
relation to Jefferson’s housing service provider capital development plans.
Further detail on the development of the estimates can be found in Appendix
F, Estimates of Permanent and Emergency Housing Needs.
The proposed target goals for bed and unit production in the coming planning
period of 2025-2030 are conservative to align with the current strategic plans
of individual HSPs and to account for the uncertainty associated with
operating funds being available to support HRS expansion. The target goal
increase of five percent in EH beds over the five-year planning period relates
to the proposed EH facility called for in Action 5.A.1. Five percent equates to a
30-bed facility.
In addition, the Task Force is adopting a performance target goal of 1 year
average for Length of Time Homeless which, if achieved, will reduce the
projected number of EH units needed over the twenty-year planning period to
2045. This is discussed in greater detail in Appendix F.
5 Year Housing Need Estimates
EH AND TH
(beds)
PSH (units) Subsidized
AH Rental
Under 80%
AMI (units)
Subsidized
AH
Ownership
Under 80%
AMI (units)
Subsidized
Affordable
Housing
Under 80%
AMI (units)
Current # 184 65 449 76 525
Subsidized
Total Beds/Units
Needed by 2030*
154 66 -- -- 2100
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* Total Units needed by 2030 are equal to 25% of HAPT 20-year Total Units Need (See
Appendix F, Estimates of Permanent and Emergency Housing Needs).
** Actual Planned unit counts include projects for which either land or funding has been
secured as a minimum. Proposed units are those for which concept plans are being
developed.
HRS Performance Measures
In addition to the plan’s required elements described above, this plan makes
use of the HMIS-derived performance measures as reported in the
Department of Commerce’s Washington State Homeless System Performance
County Report Card in the following ways:
• To identify system-wide measures of performance and target goals,
such as a Length of Time Homeless target goal of 1 year. (See Action
2.B.2);
• To report progress on systemwide goals in the annual local plan
progress reports; and
• As measures of success for various actions in this plan.
Current as % of
Total 2030 Need
119% 98% -- -- 25%
Actual Planned for
Next 5 Yrs
22 23 49 48 97
2030 Existing +
Planned as % of 20
Yr Total Needed
33% 33% -- -- 6%
2030 Proposed
Target % of 20 Yr
Total Needed
38% 33% -- - 6%
Actual Planned 2031-
2045**
0 0 252 38 290
Proposed 2031 -
2045**
110 24 PHA
numbers
0