Helping local governments provide information about the impacts of homelessness.

 H-0786.1

HOUSE BILL 1708

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Stuebe, Connors, Low, Ley, Dent, Barkis, Engell, Manjarrez, Marshall, Barnard, Schmidt, and Eslick

Read first time 01/29/25. Referred to Committee on Housing.

AN ACT Relating to helping local governments provide information about the impacts of homelessness; adding a new section to chapter 43.110 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that there is a need for housing units, drug addiction interventions, and pathways for people to transition out of homelessness. Billions of dollars are spent annually by the state and local governments for programs to provide housing and services to people in need. This bill intends to help local jurisdictions provide information about their communities in a dashboard format. The legislature recognizes that the department of commerce already collects and posts some information about housing-related expenditures in a dashboard on its website, so this tool is to be created for use on the local government's websites.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.110 RCW to read as follows: