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Home My WebLink About05-Terminology for outdoor encampments Spreadsheet PC copyHousing & Unhoused Policy, Planning and Funding Terminology State statute topic RCW WAC Other Adults Adults: Persons age 18 and older (however in many cases those age 18- 24 are still viewed as youth) Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Affordable Housing Affordable Housing: This term is used to describe housing, rental or owner-occupied, that is affordable no matter what one's income is. The federal government considers housing costs at or below 30% of one's income to be affordable. Expanded definition at RCW 36.70A.030. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 At-Risk of Homelessness At-Risk of Homelessness: People who are living in sub-standard, unstable or unsafe housing. This includes people who are "couch surfing," which means they are staying with family or friends, living in trailers, doubled or tripled up in small apartments or living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Basic Shelter Basic Shelter: Basic shelters tend to have limited hours and provide services focused on basic needs and respite from being outdoors, like mats on the floor and a restroom. A person successfully exits a shelter program when they have left the shelter to move to a permanent home. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Behavorial Health Advisory Committee (BHAC) Behavioral Health Advisory Committee (BHAC): Administers the funds coming to Jefferson County resulting from the Washington State legislation sponsored by Senator Hargrove that authorized Counties to impose a one-tenth-of-one-percent local sales tax to fund new mental health, chemical dependency, (collectively known as behavioral health) and therapeutic court services. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Community Action Agency means a nonprofit private or public organization established under the economic opportunity act of 1964.County reporting 43.185C.010 Chronic Homelessness • A homeless individual with a disability as defined in section 401(9) of the McKinney-Vento Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(9)), who: o Lives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter, and o Has been homeless and living as described for at least 12 months* or on at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years, as long as the combined occasions equal at least 12 months and each break in homelessness separating the occasions included at least 7 consecutive nights of not living as described. • An individual who has been residing in an institutional care facility for less, including jail, substance abuse or mental health treatment facility, hospital, or other similar facility, for fewer than 90 days and met all of the criteria of this definition before entering that facility**: or • A family with an adult head of household (or, if there is no adult in the family, a minor head of household) who meets all of the criteria of this definition, including a family whose composition has fluctuated while the head of household has been homeless. Federal Register (https://www.govinfo. gov/content/pkg/FR- 2015-12-04/pdf/2015- 30473.pdf), HUD Exchange (https://www.hudexch ange.info/homelessne ss-assistance/coc-esg- virtual-binders/coc-esg- homeless- eligibility/definition-of- chronic- homelessness/) & Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Chronically Homeless Person Chronically Homeless Person: - A person who: A. Is homeless and lives in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter; and B. Has been homeless andliving or residing in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter continuously for at least 1 year or on at least four separate occasions in the last 3 years where the combined length of time homeless in those occasions is at least 12 months; and C. Has a disability Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Common use structures Term used in JCC definition of “Temporary housing facility” but not defined. Structures where people gather/used by multiple individuals (e.g., bath/shower/kitchen facility). Common structures are subject to compliance with the building code. Continuum of Care (CoC) Continuum of Care (CoC): Continuum of Care is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Program to promote community-wide commitment and support to end homelessness. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Continuum of Care Continuums of Care: (CoC)- local planning bodies responsible for coordinating the full range of homelessness services in a geographic area, which may cover a city, county, metropolitan area, or an entire state. In order to be eligible for housing restricted to chronically homeless individuals or families under the CoC program, participants must meet the HUD definition of chronically homeless. Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Coordinated Entry System* Coordinated Entry System (CES): The purpose of a Coordinated Entry System (CES) is to provide the quickest access to the most appropriate housing to every household experiencing or at-risk of homelessness through a standardized assessment and referral process. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Day and Hygiene Centers Day and Hygiene Centers: Day and Hygiene Centers provide a place to rest during the day and a place to tend to basic needs like using the restroom, showering and doing laundry Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Diversion Diversion: Diversion services offer people experiencing homelessness one- time financial assistance or services to bypass shelter and move directly to housing. Diversion is offered to people who are homeless but have not yet or have just entered the shelter system. These programs offer financial assistance and/or case management to find creative solutions to the difficulties a person faces. Diversion can help people reunite with family, mediate with a landlord, or pay rent for a short time. Diversion services are available from outreach programs, shelters and Coordinated Entry for All (CEA) Regional Access Points. A person successfully exits a diversion program when they use one-time assistance to bypass the shelter and move directly to housing. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Dynamic Prioritization Dynamic Prioritization: A process that uses prioritization criteria (i.e., assessment result, unsheltered status, length of time homeless) to identify the most vulnerable (preferably through a case conferencing process) based on the number of anticipated housing placements across all resources that will occur in the next XX days. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Enhanced Shelter Enhanced Shelter: Enhanced shelters have extended or 24/7-hour service and provide many services such as meals, hygiene services, storage, and staffing to support leaving shelter for permanent housing. A person successfully exits a shelter program when they have left the shelter to move to a permanent home. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Emergency housing Temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal hygiene needs of individuals or families. Emergency housing may or may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement (MRSC: Length of stay: Up to 60 days) 36.70A.030 (as amended by HB1220) Emergency housing means a facility whose primary purpose is to provide temporary or transitional shelter and supportive services to the homeless in general or to a specific population of the homeless for no more than sixty days. Emergency or transitional housing 458-16-320 Emergency housing means a project that provides housing and supportive services to homeless persons or families for up to sixty days. Property tax exemptions 84.36.043 Emergency Shelter “Emergency shelter” means a facility that provides housing for individuals and families in the event of a declared emergency or an immediately hazardous situation as determined by local, state or federal governments. Emergency shelters organized by the American Red Cross to provide disaster relief shall be permitted outright in all zoning districts. PTMC 17.08.030 Emergency Shelter A facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. Emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Emergency shelter facilities may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accommodations (MRSC: Length of stay: Typically night by night) 36.70A.030 (as amended by HB1220) Emergency shelter "Emergency shelter" means a facility that provides a temporary shelter for individuals or families who are currently homeless. An emergency shelter may not require occupants to enter into a lease or an occupancy agreement. Emergency shelter faciliites may include day and warming centers that do not provide overnight accomodations. Caswell-Brown Lease Exteremely low income household means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below thirty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development. 36.70A.030 Homeless means a person, persons, family, or families who do not have fixed, regular, adequate, or safe shelter nor sufficient funds to pay for such shelter Emergency or transitional housing 458-16-320 Homeless alternative terms “person experiencing homelessness," “houseless," or “unhoused."MRSC Homeless means persons, including families, who, on one particular day or night, day or night, do not have decent and safe shelter nor sufficient funds to purchase or rent a place to stay Re: Property tax exemptions 84.36.043 Homeless An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; as well an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations, an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. HUD Glossary of terms Homelessness Homelessness: The experience of an individual or family who is not able to acquire and maintain permanent, safe, affordable, and decent housing. People counted as homeless may be sleeping outdoors, in cars, garages or sheds, or other places not meant for human habitation; in temporary facilities like emergency shelters or transitional housing; in hotels or motels due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations; or may be sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason. Affordable Housing & Homeless Housing Task Force, Jefferson County, 2020 -2024 Homeless person means an individual living outside or in a building not meant for human habitation or which they have no legal right to occupy, in an emergency shelter, or in a temporary housing program which may include a transitional and supportive housing program if habitation time limits exist. This definition includes substance abusers, people with mental illness, and sex offenders who are homeless County reporting 43.185C.010 Houseless Houseless: A term being used to describe people who are homeless because the word homeless has taken on a pejorative meaning and automatically disconnects and ostracizes individuals. “Houseless” describes individuals as having a connection, a place in society even though they do not have a physical space, a house, to live in. Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Housing continum means the progression of individuals along a housing-focused continuum with homelessness at one end and homeownership at the other.County reporting 43.185C.010 Indigent persons for purposes of this section - people experienceing homelessness? Lack the means to attain basic housing? Link it to the WAC? Indoor overnight shelter term used but not defined 35A.21.360 Long-term private or public housing means subsidized and unsubsidized rental or owner-occupied housing in which there is no established time limit for habitation of less than two years. County reporting 43.185C.010 Low-income means income that does not exceed eighty percent of the median income for the standard metropolitan statistical area in which the city or town is located Emergency or transitional housing 458-16-320 Low-income household means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below eighty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development. 36.70A.030 Managing agency means an organization such as a religious organization or other organized entity that has the capacity to organize and manage a homeless outdoor encampment, temporary small houses on-site, indoor overnight shelter, and a vehicle resident safe parking program. Code cities 35A.21.360 Managing agency means an organization identified as the manager of a temporary encampment that has the capacity and expertise to organize and manage a temporary encampment. A “managing agency” may be the same entity as the sponsor. PTMC 17.08 Managing agency Ord. 05-0613 2 - "Managing agency" means an individual or organization applying to permit a temporary housing facility under JCC 18.20.385 (2) (a). Managing agencyies are limited to religious organizations and non- profit agencies. A 'managing agency' may be the same entity as the sponsor. County Ord. Moderate income household means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 120 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development. 36.70A.030 Open Air Shelter Operating entity Ord. 05-0613 2 - "Operataing Entity" for purposes of the temporary housing facility regulations in JCC 18.20.385 means the sponsor, managing agency, and individuals or organizations determined by the administrator to be qualified under JCC 18.20.385 (2) (a) to operate a temporary housing facility. County Ord. Outdoor encampment means any temporary tent or structure encampment, or both.Code cities 35A.21.360 Permanent Housing (affordable) Permanent housing is typically the end goal for many shelter and housing options, and entails an individual owning, renting, or leasing a living space. Many municipalities have subsidized and affordable housing options to facilitate an easier transition into permanent housing. (MRSC: Length of stay: Indefinite) 36.70A.030 Permanent Supportive Housing Caswell-Brown Lease - "Permanent supportive housing" means subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, crimminal history, and personal behaviors. Permanent supportive housiing is paired with on-site or off- site voluntary services designed to support a person living with a complex and disabling behavioral health or physical health condition who was experiencing homelessness or was a imminent risk of homelessness prior to moving into housing to retain their housing and be a sucessful tenant in a housing arrangemnt, improve the resident's health status, and connect the resident of the housing with community-based health care, treatment, or employment services. Permanent supportive housing is subject to all of the rights and responsibilities defined in chapter 59.18 RCW. Caswell-Brown Lease Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Supportive Housing: (PSH)- a housing model designed to provide housing assistance (project- and tenant-based) and supportive services on a long-term basis to people who formerly experienced homelessness. HUD’s Continuum of Care program, authorized by the McKinney-Vento Act, funds PSH and requires that the client have a disability for eligibility. Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Permanent Supportive Housing Subsidized, leased housing with no limit on length of stay that prioritizes people who need comprehensive support services to retain tenancy and utilizes admissions practices designed to use lower barriers to entry than would be typical for other subsidized or unsubsidized rental housing, especially related to rental history, criminal history, and personal behaviors (MRSC: Length of stay: Indefinite) 36.70A.030 Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) is permanent housing in which housing assistance (e.g., long-term leasing or rental assistance) and supportive services are provided to assist households with at least one member (adult or child) with a disability in achieving housing stability. HUDhttps://www .hudexchange.inf o/resource/2033/ hearth-coc- program-interim- rule/ Rapid Rehousing Rapid Rehousing: a housing model designed to provide temporary housing assistance to people experiencing homelessness, moving them quickly out of homelessness and into permanent housing. Continue Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Religious organization means the federally protected practice of a recognized religious assembly, school, or institution that owns or controls real property.code cities 35A.21.360 Safe parking Safe parking programs are designed to provide a safe place for people sheltering in their vehicles to park without risk of a citation. Safe parking programs offer several on-site services, including restrooms, handwashing stations, charging stations, and case management services. code cities 35A.21.360 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, Pub.L. 106–274, codified as 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq.,Signed into law in 2000. Prevents local regs. from interfering with religious institution's mission. Severe Weather Shelters These shelters are offered when persistently cold temperatures or snow accumulation warrant it. Such shelters are usually staffed by volunteers, not paid staff. Length of stay: Overnight or for the duration of the severe weather conditions MRSC Sponsor As used in Chapter 17.60 means: 1. A government entity (e.g., city or housing authority); 2. A religious organization that is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as exempt from federal income taxes as a religious organization, and that expresses its religious mission, in part, by organizing living accommodations for the homeless; or 3. Nonprofit organization PTMC 17.08 Sponsor Ord. 05-0613 2 - "Sponsor" for purposes of the temporary housing facility regulations in JCC 18.20.385 means an organization that is: (1) A state of Washington registered not-for-profit corporation and federally recognized tax exempt 501 (c) (3) organization that invites a temporary housing facility to reside on land it owns or leases, or (2) Recognized by the Internal Revenue Service a exempt from federal income taxes as a religious organization, which expresses its religious mission , in par, by organizing living accomodations for those experiencing homelessness. *consider adding government entitiy (E.g., county or housing authority) County Ord. Sponsor Sponsor means a nonprofit organization which owns or leases dwelling units and has contracts with a recipient to make such units available to eligible homeless persons and receives rental assistance payments under the SRA component. HUD 582.100 Supportive service provider or service provider means a person or organization licensed or otherwise qualified to provide supportive services, either for profit or not for profit.HUD 582.100 Supportive services means assistance that— (1) Addresses the special needs of eligible persons; and (2) Provides appropriate services or assists such persons in obtaining appropriate services, including health care, mental health treatment, alcohol and other substance abuse services, child care services, case management services, counseling, supervision, education, job training, and other services essential for achieving and maintaining independent living HUD 582.100 Supportive services means resume writing, training, vocational and psychological counselling, or other similar programs designed to assist the homeless into independent living in re: safe-parking facility 458-16-320 Temporary means not affixed to land permanently and not using underground utilities.code cities RCW 35A.21.360 (Code cities) RCW 36.01.290 (counties) Temporary small house on-site term used but not defined code cities RCW 35A.21.360 (Code cities) RCW 36.01.290 (counties) Temporary Housing Facility Ord. 05-0613 2 - "Temporary housing facility" means a facility providing temporary housing accomodations pursutant to JCC 18.20.385. Temporary housing facilities include temporary structures as defined in JCC 18.10.200 and may also include a safe parking area and common use structures. Ord. 05-0613 2 Temporary tent encampment means a group of homeless persons temporarily residing in tents or other temporary structures on a site owned or controlled by a sponsor with services supervised by a managing agency. PTMC 17.08 Temporary Structures Ord. 05-0613 2 - "includes tents, RV's, tiny shelters and any other structure designed to provide personal and private shelter to an individual or family." Ord. 05-0613 2 Temporary Tent Facility Ord. 05-0613 2 - "Temporary tent facility" means a temporary housing facility for unhoused people that is composed of tents or other temporary structures, as approved pursuant to JCC 18.20.385 Ord. 05-0613 2 Temporary tiny shelter village Ord. 05-0613 2 -"Temporary tiny shelter village" means a tempoary housing facility for unhoused people that is composed of purpose-built tiny structures, as approved by the administrator, on a site permitted by teh department pursuant to JFF 18.20.385. Temporary tiny structures for unhoused people are typically less than 200 square feet and easily constructed and moved to various locations. For the purposes of JCC 18.20.385, temporary tiny structures are not dwelling units for purposes of Chapter 15.05 JFCC Ord. 05-0613 2 Tiny Home Communities RCW 36.70A.540(4) To provide more affordable housing options, tiny house communities may be part of an incentive program permitted under this section. Tiny homes/houses WAC 51-51 IRC Appendix Q Tiny house villages **temporary (house cost $4,500); each village has hygiene facilities, utility access, and a supportive neighboring community that is actively engaged in the success of the residents **Seattle permits as interim use for up to a year with potential for extensions; no land use permit if religious facility https://www.lihihousi ng.org/tinyhouses https://www.lihihousi ng.org/_files/ugd/892f 7b_ec5ba0b38c944e8 2a7cd4da1a2fcf2e8.pd f Tiny shelters ** Transitory accommodations ** Transitional housing means a facility that provides housing and supportive services to homeless individuals or families for up to two years and whose primary purpose is to enable homeless individuals or families to move into independent living and permanent housing Emergency or transitional housing 458-16-320 Transitional housing Transitional housing means a facility that provides housing and supportive servicves to unhoused persons or unhoused families for up to two years and that has as its primary purpose facilitating the movement of homeless persons and families into independent living and permanent housing. Caswell-Brown Lease - Transitional housing means a project that provides housing and supportive services to homeless persons or families for up to two years and that has as its purpose facilitating the movement of homeless persons and families into independent living. Property tax exemptions 84.36.043 Transitional housing County Comp Plan? Unhoused person Caswell-Brown Lease - "Unhoused Person" means a person who meets the definition of a homeless person in RCW 36.70A.030 (19) or 42 U.S. Code Section 11302. Unsheltered Homelessness Unsheltered Homelessness- refers to people whose primary nighttime location is a public or private place not designated for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for people (for example, the streets, vehicles, or parks). Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center Very low-income household means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below fifty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States department of housing and urban development. 36.70A.030 Wood sided tent **Campground code? MISC Exemptions Exemptions from state building code requirements for indigent housing 51-16-030 Homeless housing grant program means the vehicle by which competitive grants are awarded by the department, utilizing moneys from the home security fund account, to local governments for programs directly related to housing homeless individuals and families, addressing the root causes of homelessness, preventing homelessness, collecting data on homeless individuals, and other efforts directly related to housing homeless persons. County reporting 43.185C.010 Indoor emergency sheltersA E2SHB 1220 (see RCW 36.70A.03), RCW 35a.21 Who is served