Date of Adoption: February 8, 2002.

     Purpose: To amend WAC 365-120-080 for the transitional housing, operating and rent program for homeless families with children, to raise the income eligibility limit for operating subsidies to 50% of the area median income and the operating subsidy limit to 50% of the project's core operating budget. This amendment has no impact on funding allocations.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 365-120-080.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 43.63A RCW, RCW 43.63A.650, E2SHBa 1493 (chapter 267, Laws of 1999).

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-24-101 on December 5, 2001.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

January 31, 2002

Martha Choe

Director

OTS-4960.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-05-020, filed 2/8/00, effective 3/10/00)

WAC 365-120-080   Eligibility for operating assistance for transitional housing.   (1) Projects must provide transitional housing in a structure designed for the targeted population of homeless families with children whose incomes are at or below ((thirty)) fifty percent of the area median income.

     (2) Operating subsidies shall not exceed thirty percent of the project's core operating budget for the year.

     (3) Rents shall not exceed ((thirty)) fifty percent of the income of the targeted population.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.63A RCW, RCW [43.]63A.650, and 1999 c 267. 00-05-020, § 365-120-080, filed 2/8/00, effective 3/10/00.]

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