BILL REQ. #:  H-4460.1 

Read first time 01/23/2006.   Referred to Committee on Housing.

     AN ACT Relating to using surplus property to develop affordable housing; and amending RCW 35.21.687, 36.34.137, 43.20A.037, 47.12.064, and 72.09.055.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 35.21.687 and 1995 c 399 s 37 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every city and town, including every code city operating under Title 35A RCW, shall identify and catalog real property owned by the city or town that is no longer required for its purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. Every city and town shall provide a copy of the inventory to the department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, with inventory revisions each November 1st thereafter.
     (2) Property suitable for the development of affordable housing shall be offered first to public and private nonprofit housing organizations that have ninety days to present a formal offer to purchase the property before the property is offered for sale to the general public. Nonprofits may purchase a property at ninety percent of appraised value under reasonable option and purchase conditions.
     (3) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 1994, every city and town, including every code city operating under Title 35A RCW, shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The inventory revision shall also contain a list of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.
     (4) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 2007, the inventory revision provided to the department of community, trade, and economic development shall include a report on properties that were purchased by a nonprofit housing organization and properties that were used, or have plans to be used, for the development of affordable housing, according to guidelines developed by the department.
     (5) The department of community, trade, and economic development shall consolidate municipal reports required in subsection (4) of this section into a single statewide report that is provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature each year by December 31, 2007.

Sec. 2   RCW 36.34.137 and 1993 c 461 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every county shall identify and catalog real property owned by the county that is no longer required for its purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. Every county shall provide a copy of the inventory to the department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, with inventory revisions each November 1st thereafter.
     (2) Property suitable for the development of affordable housing shall be offered first to public and private nonprofit housing organizations that have ninety days to present a formal offer to purchase the property before the property is offered for sale to the general public. Nonprofits may purchase a property at ninety percent of appraised value under reasonable option and purchase conditions.
     (3) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 1994, every county shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The inventory revision shall include an updated listing of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.
     (4) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 2006, the inventory revision provided to the department of community, trade, and economic development shall include a report on properties that were purchased by a nonprofit housing organization and properties that were used, or have plans to be used, for the development of affordable housing.
     (5) The department of community, trade, and economic development shall consolidate municipal reports required in subsection (4) of this section into a single statewide report that is provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature each year by December 31, 2007.

Sec. 3   RCW 43.20A.037 and 1995 c 399 s 65 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. The department shall provide a copy of the inventory to the department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, and every November 1st thereafter.
     (2) Property suitable for the development of affordable housing shall be offered first to public and private nonprofit housing organizations that have ninety days to present a formal offer to purchase the property before the property is offered for sale to the general public. Nonprofits may purchase a property at ninety percent of appraised value under reasonable option and purchase conditions.
     (3) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 1994, the department shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The department shall include an updated listing of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.
     (4) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 2006, the inventory revision produced by the department shall include a report on properties that were purchased by a nonprofit housing organization and properties that were used, or have plans to be used, for the development of affordable housing.
     (5) The department of community, trade, and economic development shall produce a single statewide report that is provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature.

Sec. 4   RCW 47.12.064 and 1995 c 399 s 121 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. The department shall provide a copy of the inventory to the department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, and every November 1st thereafter.
     (2) Property suitable for the development of affordable housing shall be offered first to public and private nonprofit housing organizations that have ninety days to present a formal offer to purchase the property before the property is offered for sale to the general public. Nonprofits may purchase a property at ninety percent of appraised value under reasonable option and purchase conditions.
     (3) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 1994, the department shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The department shall include an updated listing of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.
     (4) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 2006, the inventory revision produced by the department shall include a report on properties that were purchased by a nonprofit housing organization and properties that were used, or have plans to be used, for the development of affordable housing.
     (5) The department of community, trade, and economic development shall produce a single statewide report that is provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature.

Sec. 5   RCW 72.09.055 and 1995 c 399 s 202 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall identify and catalog real property that is no longer required for department purposes and is suitable for the development of affordable housing for very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510. The inventory shall include the location, approximate size, and current zoning classification of the property. The department shall provide a copy of the inventory to the department of community, trade, and economic development by November 1, 1993, and every November 1st thereafter.
     (2) Property suitable for the development of affordable housing shall be offered first to public and private nonprofit housing organizations that have ninety days to present a formal offer to purchase the property before the property is offered for sale to the general public. Nonprofits may purchase a property at ninety percent of appraised value under reasonable option and purchase conditions.
     (3) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 1994, the department shall purge the inventory of real property of sites that are no longer available for the development of affordable housing. The department shall include an updated listing of real property that has become available since the last update. As used in this section, "real property" means buildings, land, or buildings and land.
     (4) By November 1st of each year, beginning in 2006, the inventory revision provided to the department of community, trade, and economic development shall include a report on properties that were purchased by a nonprofit housing organization and properties that were used, or have plans to be used, for the development of affordable housing.
     (5) The department of community, trade, and economic development shall consolidate municipal reports required in subsection (4) of this section into a statewide report that is provided to the appropriate committees of the legislature each year by December 31st.