2019 Update to Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan - Released for Public Comment

2019 Update to Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan – Released for Public Comment

In the 2018 legislative session, Washington lawmakers passed new legislation that directed the Department of Commerce to issue specific guidelines to counties for updates to each county’s homeless housing plan. County plans that respond to these guidelines must be approved by their legislative body no later than December 1, 2019.  Kitsap County updated this plan in 2018 with extensive community input. It is already substantially in compliance with the Commerce Guidelines.  Because of these factors and the short time frame to complete an update, only minor updates were made to the existing Action Plan – Detail Matrix, and Appendix D and Appendix E were added, which directly respond to Commerce’s required elements.

The updated plan is available at the Housing and Homelessness Division webpage: https://www.kitsapgov.com/hs/Pages/HH-Housing-and-Homelessness-Landing.aspx

The 2019 Update to the Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan is open for public comment through Wednesday, November 13, 2019.  Written public comment can be submitted to:

Housing and Homelessness Division

Kitsap County Human Services

345 6^th Street, Suite 200

Bremerton, WA  98337

kjewell@co.kitsap.wa.us

 

There will be a Public Hearing at the at the regularly scheduled Kitsap Board of County Commissioners meeting on Monday, November 25, 2019, 5:30pm, at the Commissioners Chambers, Kitsap County Administrative Building, 614 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366.  The Board is anticipated to take action on approving this updated plan following the Public Hearing.