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a. Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of housing projects or units within housing projects that are affordable to
very-low income persons with incomes at or below fifty percent of the area median income;
b. Supporting building operating and maintenance costs of housing projects or units within housing projects eligible to
receive Washington State Housing Trust Funds, that are affordable to very low-income persons with incomes at or below
fifty percent of the area median income, and that require a supplement to rental income to cover ongoing operating
expenses. If the proposal is to cover operation and maintenance of an existing low-income housing units, explain how
these costs have been funded in the past and why these funds are now needed;
c. Rental assistance vouchers for housing projects or units within housing projects that are affordable to very low-
income persons with incomes at or below fifty percent of the median income, to be administered by a local public
housing authority or other local organization that has an existing rental assistance voucher program, consistent with or
similar to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development' s Section 8 rental assistance voucher
program standards;
d. Operating costs for emergency shelters and licensed overnight youth shelters;
e. Per RCW 36. 22. 178( 2), a priority must be given to eligible housing activities that serve extremely low-income
households with incomes at or below thirty percent of the area median income.
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a. Rental and furnishing of dwelling units for the use of homeless persons.
b. Costs of developing affordable housing for homeless persons, and services for formerly homeless individuals and
families residing in transitional housing or permanent housing and still at risk of homelessness.
c. Operating subsidies for transitional housing or permanent housing serving formerly homeless families or
individuals.
d. Services to prevent homelessness, such as emergency eviction prevention programs including temporary rental
subsidies to prevent homelessness.
e. Temporary services to assist persons leaving state institutions and other state programs to prevent them from
becoming or remaining homeless.
f. Outreach services for homeless individuals and families.
g. Development and management of local homeless plans including homeless census data collection; identification of
goals, performance measures, strategies, and costs and evaluation of progress towards established goals.
h. Rental vouchers payable to landlords for persons who are homeless or below thirty percent of the median income or
in immediate danger of becoming homeless.
i. Other activities to reduce and prevent homelessness as identified for funding in the local plan.