Housing Trust Fund Annual Reporting - Washington State Department of Commerce

The Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and HOME programs require an annual report for each multifamily or homeownership project under contract. The report documents each project’s performance during the previous calendar year. To learn more about how HTF reviews reports and monitors contractors, please refer to Chapter 5 of the HTF Handbook (PDF).

How are Annual Reports Submitted?

Multifamily projects report through the Web-Based Annual Reporting System (WBARS). Homeownership projects submit annual reports directly to the Washington State Department of Commerce at htfhomeownership@commerce.wa.gov.

When are Annual Reports due?

For Multifamily projects reporting in WBARS:

WBARS Tables 1, 2 and 3 for calendar year 2017 are due by January 31, 2018.
WBARS Table 4 for calendar year 2017 is due by June 30, 2018.

For Shelters, Seasonal Farmworker Housing, and other projects using an “alternate” report format in WBARS:

WBARS Alternate Tables 2 and 3 for calendar year 2017 are due by January 31, 2018.
WBARS Table 4 for calendar year 2017 is due by June 30, 2018.
Table 1 is not required.
Note that projects with multiple sites may have multiple report formats.

For Homeownership projects:

Annual reports are due by July 31, 2018.

For WBARS Users

For information, instructions, and WBARS training opportunities, refer to the Washington State Housing Finance Commission’s WBARS webpage. A User Guide is also available.

Please mark www.wbars.com as safe in your Junk mail to ensure your email system will accept messages from WBARS.

Backup documentation is required. Please refer to the Matrix of Supplemental Annual Report Materials (PDF) to see what documents are required by the State Housing Trust Fund. Email Commerce-required supplemental materials directly to 2017htfannualreport@commerce.wa.gov. If you need to send documents in hard copy, the mailing address is:

Washington State Department of Commerce
ATTN: Housing Finance Unit
PO Box 42525
Olympia WA 98504-2525