PDFWAC 262-01-100

[(]Financing energy efficiency improvements[) as follows:][.]

(1) The commission, in developing its plan of housing finance, shall consider energy efficiency improvements that may reasonably be achieved through the housing finance programs of the commission.
(2) The commission may, as part of a particular single family mortgage purchase bond issue, require minimum energy efficiency standards as a condition of eligibility for housing finance assistance or the commission may make bond proceeds available for rehabilitation or home improvement loans for energy efficiency enhancement.
(3) The commission may require applicants for multifamily housing financing to specify what steps will be taken to insure energy efficiency in the project to be financed. The commission may consider such plans in determining whether or not bond proceeds may be used for such purposes.
(4) In administering a sustainable energy trust program pursuant to RCW 43.180.260, the commission may (a) provide loan financing for qualified energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements by making loans or by buying or investing in loans or participations therein, and (b) establish eligibility criteria for projects and borrowers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.180.140, 43.180.260. WSR 14-16-037, § 262-01-100, filed 7/28/14, effective 8/28/14. Statutory Authority: 1983 c 161. WSR 83-24-001 (Resolution No. 83-12), § 262-01-100, filed 11/28/83.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement.