State Strategic Plan

Pursuant to RCW 43.185C, Commerce will publish the 2024-2029 State Homeless Housing Strategic Plan by September 2024.

This page will share developments related to the plan and the accompanying guidance for local jurisdictions’ homeless housing plans (RCW 43.185C.050).

2024-2029 State Homeless Housing Strategic Plan

On April 30, 2024, Commerce released a draft of the 2024-2029 State Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. The draft is available below.

• Plan Update Materials (on Box)
• Draft Plan (PDF)

Special comment period

To further accessibility and inclusion, Commerce’s Housing Division announces a special public comment period for the draft 5-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan from July 24 to August 8, 2024.

This public comment period will solicit written feedback from households that primarily speak the following languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Trigrinya, Somali, Amharic, Lingala or Arabic.

• Amharic: ለአማርኛ የቤት አልባ እቅድ ረቂቅ እዚህ ጠቅ ያድርጉ
  • አስተያየቶችን በመስመር ላይ (MS ቅጾች) ወይም በኢሜይል ያስገቡ
• Spanish: Para consultar el borrador del Plan para Personas sin Hogar en español haga clic aquí
  • Envíe sus comentarios en línea (MS Forms) o por correo electrónico
• Arabic: للاطلاع على مسودة الخطة الاستراتيجية الخمسية لإسكان المشردين باللغة العربية، اضغط هنا
  • يمكن إرسال التعليقات باستخدام MS Forms (نماذج مايكروسوفت) أو عبر البريد الإلكتروني
• Portuguese: Para aceder ao projeto do Plano para pessoas em situação de sem-abrigo em português, clique aqui
  • Submeta comentários online (MS Forms) ou por e-mail
• Somali: Qorshaha Istaraatijiga ah ee Guryeynta Hoylaaweha Gobolka 2024-2029 wuxuu qeexayaa aragtida soo socota
  • Ku soo gudbi jawaab celinta mid ka mid ah foomamkayaga onlaynka ah or in email
• Tigrinya: ንረቂቕ ትልሚ ኣባይቲ ዘይብሎም ብትግርኛ ኣብዚ ጠውቑ
  • ርእይቶታት ብኢንተርነት (MS ቅጥዕታት) ወይ ብ ኢሜይል ኣቕርቡ
• French: Pour consulter le projet de Plan pour les personnes sans abri en francais, cliquez ici
  • Soumettez vos commentaires en ligne (MS Forms) ou par e-mail
• Lingala: MpPona brouillon ya Pula ya Bazanga Ndako na Lingala clické awa
  • Kotisa bacommentaire na ligne (Baformulaire MS) to na email

Previous Versions:

• State of Washington Homeless Housing Strategic Plan 2019-2024 (PDF)

Local Plan Guidance​

2025-2030 Local Homeless Housing Plan Guidance

Pursuant to RCW 43.185C, Commerce will prepare and publish final local homeless housing plan guidance by September 2024. Local governments must submit their adopted local homeless housing plans to Commerce no later than December 2025.

Commerce released a draft of the guidance document for local government homeless housing plans on April 30, 2024.

• Draft local plan guidance (PDF)

Public comments accepted May 1, 2024 – June 7, 2024

Commerce invites interested parties to provide public comment. Comments can be submitted through an online web form or email. Per Chapter 42.56 RCW, all comments submitted are public records and may be subject to public disclosure.

Submit public comments on the draft local plan guidance:

• Submit online comments (MS Forms)
• Email us comments: Camille.Gix@commerce.wa.gov

2019-2024 Local Homeless Housing Plan Guidance

• Local Plan Guidance (PDF)
• Local Plan Guidance FAQ (PDF)
• Objective 4 Modeling Tool Introduction (audio recording) 
• Modeling Tool (Excel)
• Washington Equity Analysis Tool (Excel) 

2023 Report Documents

• 2023 Homeless Housing Project Expenditure Report/”Golden” (Excel)
• 2023 Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• 2023 State Funded Homeless Housing Reports (PDF)

2022 Report Documents

• 2022 Homeless Housing Project Expenditure Report/“Golden” (Excel)
• 2022 Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• 2022 State Funded Homeless Housing Reports (Word)

2021 Report Documents

• 2021 Homeless Housing Project Expenditure Report/“Golden” (Excel)
• 2021 Homelessness in Washington (PDF)
• 2021 State Funded Homeless Housing Reports (PDF)

Report Documents for Prior Years

View report documents from previous years.

State Auditor Reports

• State of Washington Grants – Emergency Shelter 2011
• Home Security Fund Account, Affordable Housing for All Account Accountability Audit – Cash Receipting and Disbursements 2017
• Commerce and OFM Response to SAO K-12 Performance Audit (PDF)
• Action Plan on SAO K-12 Homeless Performance Audit (PDF)

Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee Audits

• Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Performance Measures 2017
• Performance Measurement of Homelessness Programs

Office of Financial Management Reports

• Independent Examinations of Expenditures for Private Rental Housing 2014
• Independent Examinations of Expenditures for Private Rental Housing 2015 (PDF)
• Independent Examinations of Expenditures for Private Rental Housing 2016
• Independent Examinations of Expenditures for Private Rental Housing 2017 (PDF)
• Washington’s Homeless Housing and Assistance Program Performance Audit 2016 (PDF)
• Independent Accountant’s Report for Private Rental Housing 2019 (PDF)