Legislative Reports

2023 Reports

• Aerial Imagery Study (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Advisory Board Affordable housing update (PDF)
• Broadband Grants Report (PDF)
• Clean Buildings Legislative Report (PDF)
• Community Reinvestment Plan Report (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees Related to Sexual Exploitation Crimes (PDF)
• Crisis Stabilization Facilities Progress Report (PDF)
• Digital Equity Forum Report (PDF)
• Firearm Violence Prevention Program Report (PDF)
• Green Roof and Rooftop Agrivoltaic Benefit-Cost Analysis (PDF)
• Growth Management Emphasis Areas and Research Priorities Report (PDF)
• HB 1015 Legislative Report Letter (PDF)
• Incorporation study for Parkland, Spanaway, Midland,
  Frederickson, North Clover Creek-Collins, Summit-Waller, and Summit View (PDF)
• Low-Income Energy Assistance (PDF)
• Multifamily Property Tax Exemption study (PDF)
• Outreach for historically underserved communities (PDF)
• Public Works Board infrastructure loans and grants report (PDF)
• Schools Sited Outside of Urban Growth Areas (PDF)
• Stabilizing rents for tenants in state-funded affordable housing Interim Report (PDF)
• State Surplus Property Program (PDF)
• Supporting homeless service provider workers experiencing workplace trauma in Washington state: Study & Recommendations (PDF)
• Yakima Valley Gang Prevention (PDF)
• Workplace response to domestic violence (PDF)

2022 Reports

• Affordable and Supportive Housing Sales and Use Tax — Collection and use of revenue (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Advisory Board Affordable housing update (2022)
• Annual Affordable Housing Cost Data Report (PDF)
• Arlington Drive Youth Campus and Young Adult Housing Program report (PDF) (large file size)
• Associate Development Organizations 2023 Report (PDF)
• Behavioral Health Facilities Report (PDF)
• Behavioral health rental subsidies 2022 report (PDF)
• Biennial Energy Report (PDF)
• Biennial report of the Statewide Reentry Council (PDF)
• Bond Cap Allocation Program (PDF)
• Building Communities Fund 2022 report (PDF)
• Buy Clean and Buy Fair Washington Project Final Report (PDF)
• Child Care Collaborative Task Force cost of quality care report (large file size) (PDF)
• Clean Buildings report (PDF)
• Collaborative Roadmap Phase III (PDF)
• Community-Law Enforcement Partnership Program (PDF)
• Community Reinvestment Account Plan Preliminary Report (PDF)
• COVID-19 tourism recovery interim report (PDF)
• Creative economy strategic plan – 2022 update (PDF)
• Criminal penalty fees related to sexual exploitation crimes (PDF)
• Defense Community Compatibility Account (PDF)
• Early learning facilities (PDF)
• Equity in funding: Final review of Commerce capital programs (PDF)
• Evaluation of planning costs (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• Housing-related support for people discharging from long term care (PDF)
• Interim Equity review of capital grant programs (PDF)
• Impact Fee Deferral Report (PDF)
• Improving Homeownership Rates for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in Washington (PDF)
• Increasing access to forensic nurse examiner training (PDF)
• Lewis County Dig-Once Pilot Project Review Recommendations for Statewide Policy (PDF)
• Lifeline Support System Pilot Project (PDF)
• Low-carbon energy project siting improvement study
• Manufacturing Council Report (PDF)
• Motion picture competitiveness program (PDF)
• Pacific Hospital Work Group Recommendations (PDF)
• Permanent supportive housing — Washington State Investments in Housing Operations and Tenancy Support Services – Cost Projections and Program Enhancements (PDF)
• Public Works Board 2022 report (PDF)
• Public Works Board Innovative Infrastructure Pilot Study (PDF)
• Public Works Board SYNC report (PDF)
• Rapid Response Community Preservation Pilot Program (PDF)
• Research and development incentives in other states (SHB 1170) (PDF)
• Review of condominium conversions in Washington (PDF) 
• Rising Strong West Master Plan (PDF)
• Rising Strong West Master Plan Phase 2 (PDF)
• Rural clean energy report (PDF)
• School directors’ compensation study (PDF)
• State Broadband Office Biennial Report (PDF)
• State Broadband Grants Report (PDF)
• State Surplus Property Report (PDF)
• Washington Lead-Based Paint Programs (PDF)
• Washington State Broadband Office 2022 Report (PDF)
• Washington State Investments in Housing Operations and Tenancy Support Services (PDF)
• Weatherization Plus Health (PDF)

2021 Reports

• Affordable and Supportive Housing Sales and Use Tax (PDF)
• Assessment of the housing needs of American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in Washington (PDF)
• Behavioral Health Rental Subsidies Report (PDF)
• Buy Clean Buy Fair Washington progress report (PDF)
• Collaborative Roadmap Phase III (PDF)
• Federal Economic Development Funding (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Hanford Healthy Energy Workers Report (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• Housing Trust Fund cost data report (PDF)
• Human Trafficking Training report (PDF)
• Impact Fee Deferral report (PDF)
• International Trade (PDF)
• Keep Washington Working (PDF)
• Low-Carbon Energy Project Siting Improvement Study 
• Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention 2021 report (PDF)
• Skilled Worker Grant Program (PDF)
• State Surplus Property Program report (PDF)
• Washington Farmworker Housing Needs Assessment (PDF)
• Washington State Broadband Office Report (PDF)
• Washington State Child Care Access Strategy (PDF)
• Workplace response to domestic violence: Task force meeting (PDF)

2020 Reports

• Affordable Housing Cost Data Report (PDF)
• Associate Development Organizations (PDF) 
• Affordable and Supportive Housing Tax Credit (PDF)
• Building Communities Fund (PDF)
• Behavioral Health Facilities Report (PDF)
• Bond Cap Allocation Program (PDF)
• Child Care Policy Recommendations (PDF)
• Clean Energy Fund Recommendations Report (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees Related to Sexual Exploitation Crimes (PDF)
• Defense Community Compatibility Account (PDF)
• Early Learning Facilities Report (PDF)
• Electric Utility Resource Planning (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Report (PDF)
• Foreclose Fairness Report (PDF)
• Impact Fee Study (PDF)
• Innovation Partnership Zones Biennial Report (PDF)
• Keep Washington Working (PDF)
• Landlord Mitigation Program Report (PDF)
• Long-Term Care Ombuds Program Funding Model Recommendations (PDF)
• Manufactured Housing Communities Workgroup Report (PDF)
• Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (PDF)
• Nontraditional Workers Study (PDF)
• Palouse to Cascades Trail Recommendations Report (PDF)
• Preventing Youth Homelessness (PDF)
• Retirement Marketplace Report (PDF)
• Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment and Career Awareness Grant Program (PDF)
• State Energy Strategy (PDF)
• State Surplus Property (PDF)
• 2020 Report on Reentry from Confinement (PDF)
• Study of the Current and Ongoing Effects of the Operation of the Sea-Tac Airport (PDF)
• Washington’s Green Economy (PDF)
• Child Care Collaborative Task Force Industry Assessment Report (PDF)

2019 Reports

• Affordable Housing Cost Data (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Update (PDF)
• Child Care Collaborative Task Force (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees Related to Sexual Exploitation Crimes (PDF)
• El Nuevo Camino Report (PDF)
• Encouraging Investments in Affordable and Supportive Housing — Update on Implementation (PDF)
• Financial Feasibility Review of Yakima Convention Center Expansion (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Homeless Housing Crisis Response System Strategic Plan 2019-2024 (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington State (PDF)
• Human Trafficking Laws and Investigations (PDF)
• Impact Fee Deferral Report (PDF)
• Improving Stability for Youth Exiting Systems of Care (PDF)
• Independent Contractor Study (PDF)
• Is a Community-Based Public-Private Partnership Right for Your Community? A Guide for Municipal Stormwater Managers in Washington State (PDF)
• Quixote Village Five-Year Report (PDF)
• Regulatory Streamlining – Regulatory Roadmap (PDF)
• Regulatory Streamlining — Regulatory Roadmap (PDF)
• Rights of Youth and Young Adults in Residential Programs (PDF)
• School District Inventory Data Assessment (PDF)
• Sexual Assault Response (PDF)
• Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment and Career Awareness Grant Program (PDF)
• State Surplus Property Program (PDF)
• The Interbay Project (PDF)
• The Snohomish Diversion Pilot (PDF)
• Washington Industrial Waste Coordination (Industrial Symbiosis) Program Recommendations (PDF)
• Washington’s Green Economy Interim Report (PDF)
• Washington Lead-Based Paint Program Report (PDF)

2018 Reports

• 2018 Affordable Housing Update (PDF)
• 2019 Biennial Energy Report (PDF)
• Achieving a Better Life Experience Program – May 2018 Update (PDF)
• Associate Development Organizations 2017-2018 (PDF)
• Bond Cap Allocation Program (PDF)
• Building Communities Fund 2018 (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington 2018 (PDF)
• Impact Fee Deferral Report (PDF)
• Independent Contractor Study (interim report) (PDF)
• Innovation Partnership Zone Program (PDF)
• Motion Picture Production Incentives (PDF)
• Promoting Renewable Natural Gas in Washington State (PDF)
• Seattle Vocational Institute Adaptive Reuse Study (PDF)
• State Surplus Property Program (PDF)
• Statewide Reentry Council Report (PDF)
• The Impact of Rural Procurement (PDF
• Ultra-Efficient Affordable Housing Demonstration (PDF)
• Veteran Housing Study (PDF)
• Vulnerable Youth Guardianships (PDF)
• Washington State Electric Utility Resource Planning (PDF)
• Washington State Stormwater Community Based Public-Private Partnership Feasibility Assessment (PDF)
• Washington Unreinforced Masonry Building Inventory (PDF)

2017 Reports

• Achieving a Better Life Experience Program – May 2017 Update (PDF)
• Achieving a Better Life Experience Program – November 2017 Update (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Advisory Board (PDF)
• Clean Energy Fund (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees Related to Sexual Exploitation Crimes (PDF)
• Energy Efficiency Grants for Higher Education and Local Governments (PDF)
• Federal Funds Update – 2017 (PDF)
• Financial Theft and Identity Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program Annual Report 2017 (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• Housing Affordability Response Team (HART) Recommendations (PDF)
• Human Trafficking Laws and Investigations Legislative Report (PDF)
• Long-term Funding Strategies for Homeless Housing (PDF)
• Regulatory Streamlining-Manufacturing (PDF)
• Research and Recommendations on Host Home Programs (PDF)
• Retirement Readiness – Washington State Retirement Preparedness Study (PDF)
• State of the Data Center Industry (PDF)
• Washington Lead-Based Paint Program (PDF)

2016 Reports

• Achieving a Better Life Experience Program (PDF)
• Associate Development Organizations (PDF)
• Biennial Energy Report and State Energy Strategy Update (PDF)
• Bond Cap Allocation Program (PDF)
• Building Communities Fund (PDF)
• Civilian-Military Land Use Study (PDF)
• Community Economic Revitalization Board (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fees Related to Prostitution and Commercial Sexual Abuse of Minors (PDF)
• Economic Development-Federal Funding Opportunities (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Investigation and Prosecution Program (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Homeless Certification Pilot Program (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• Human Trafficking Model Notices (PDF)
• Innovation Partnership Zone Program (PDF)
• Local Infrastructure Financing Tool Program (PDF)
• Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (PDF)
• Office of Developmental Disabilities Ombuds (PDF)
• Office of Homeless Youth (PDF)
• Regulatory Streamlining-Manufacturing Update (PDF)
• Report on Reentry from Confinement (PDF)
• Saint Edward State Park Seminary – Economic Feasibility Study (PDF)
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (PDF)
• Washington New Americans Program (PDF)
• Washington State Electric Utility Resource Planning (PDF)

2015 Reports

• Homelessness in Washington State (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fines Related to Prostitution (PDF)
• Deed of Trust Act Stakeholder Workgroup (PDF)
• Energy Efficiency Grants for Higher Education and Local Governments (PDF)
• Washington New Americans Program (PDF)
• Jobs Act for K-12 Public Schools and Higher Education Institutions (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft (PDF)
• Clean Energy Fund Update (PDF)
• Lead-Based Paint Program (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Advisory Board (PDF)
• Regulatory Streamlining-Manufacturing (PDF)
• AHAB Housing Needs Assessment (PDF)

2014 Reports

• Maritime Sector Strategy (PDF)
• Supporting Clean Energy Research in Washington (PDF)
• Biennial Energy Report (PDF)
• Homelessness in Washington State (PDF)
• Statewide Coordinating Committee on Sex Trafficking (PDF)
• Criminal Penalty Fines Related to Prostitution (PDF)
• Effectiveness of International Trade Services (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) (PDF)
• Associate Development Organizations (PDF)
• Public Works Board 2014 Construction Loan List (PDF)
• Innovation Partnership Zone (IPZ) Program (PDF)
• Energy Efficiency Grants for Higher Education and Local Government (PDF)
• Jobs Act for Higher Education and Local Government (PDF)
• Local Infrastructure Financing Tool (PDF)
• New Americans Program (PDF)
• Building Communities Fund (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft (PDF)
• Washington State Electric Utility Resource Planning (PDF)
• Energy Efficiency – Building Strategy Update (PDF)
• Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (PDF)
• Washington Tourism Alliance Performance Metrics (PDF)
• Bond Cap Allocation Program (PDF)
• Office of Economic Development and Competitiveness Performance Update (PDF)
• Document Recording Surcharge Funds, Compliance (PDF)

2013 Reports

• Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Advisory Board Update (PDF)
• Public Works Board Proviso Report (PDF)
• Foreclosure Fairness Program (PDF)
• Broadband in Washington (PDF)
• Improving the Economic Development System in Washington State (PDF)
• Competitive Washington — How Our State Ranks (PDF)
• Financial Fraud and Identity Theft (PDF)
• New Americans Program (PDF)
• Lead-based Paint Program (PDF)
• Affordable Housing Update (PDF)
• Building Strategy Update (PDF)

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