Requires the department of commerce to: (1) Create the position of director of homelessness; and

(2) In conjunction with the housing finance commission, the department of children, youth, and families, and the department of social and health services, supply information and assistance as necessary for the director to carry out his or her duties.

Requires the director to: (1) Work to create greater levels of interagency coordination;

(2) Coordinate state and local agency efforts addressing homelessness in every county;

(3) Consider homeownership and rental housing as viable options for the provision of housing;

(4) Six months after the state's homeless census, and in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board, prepare and publish a ten-year homeless housing strategic plan; and

(5) Work in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness, the affordable housing advisory board, and the state advisory council on homelessness to develop certain performance measures.