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                          HOUSE BILL 2521

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Quall, Dunn, Morris and D. Sommers

Read first time 01/14/2000.  Referred to Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Trade.

Removing a definition of affordable housing.

    AN ACT Relating to the affordable housing program; and amending RCW 43.185A.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.185A.010 and 1995 c 399 s 102 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

    (1) "Affordable housing" means residential housing for rental ((or private individual ownership)) occupancy which, as long as the same is occupied by low-income households, requires payment of monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, of no more than thirty percent of the family's income.  The department may adopt rules for residential home-ownership housing, occupied by low-income households, which specify the percentage of family income that may be spent on monthly housing costs, including utilities other than telephone, to qualify as affordable housing.

    (2) "Department" means the department of community, trade, and economic development.

    (3) "Director" means the director of the department of community, trade, and economic development.

    (4) "First-time home buyer" means an individual or his or her spouse who have not owned a home during the three-year period prior to purchase of a home.

    (5) "Low-income household" means a single person, family or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is less than eighty percent of the median family income, adjusted for household size, for the county where the project is located.

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