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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE
MEETINGAGENDA
Thursday, April 23, 2026| 2:00PM
Spokane Valley City Hall, 10210 E Sprague Ave, Room N212Second Floor Conference Roomand virtuallyon Zoom:
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1. Call to Order
2. Attendance
3.General Public Comment Opportunity
This is an opportunity for the public to speak on any subject except agenda action items, as public
comments will be taken on those items where indicated.
ACTION ITEMS
4.Approval of February 2026Meeting Minutes
5.Possible Uses for Sales and Use Tax (1406) Dollars: Partner Presentations
(a) Family Promise of Spokane
(b) Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs (SNAP)
(c) Habitatfor Humanity Spokane
(d) Community Frameworks
6.Adjournment
AGENDA ITEM 4
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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE
RegularMeeting Minutes| February 26, 2026| 2:00pm
at Spokane Valley City Hall, 10210 E Sprague Ave, Room N212 and on Zoom
1 CALL TO ORDER: Councilmember Pam Haley, Task Force Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:01 pm.
2 ATTENDANCE: In attendance were:
Task Force Voting MembersGuests (in person)
Pam Haley, City of Spokane Valley Councilmember Karin Morris
George Dahl, Spokane County
Lance Beck, Greater Spokane Valley Chamber
John Parker, Central Valley School District Guests (online)
Kelly Keenan, Spokane Housing Authority Jennifer Wilcox
Joseph Ghodsee, Community Member Chris McKinney, Spokane County
Lisa Miller, Lex Law Corp.
City Staff
Eric Robison, Homeless & Housing Coordinator
Task Force Non-Voting Members Sarah Farr, Accounting & Finance Program Manager
Tony Beattie, Senior Deputy City Attorney
Julie Meyers-Lehman, Executive Assistant
3GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY
Ms. Wilcoxthanked the Task Force and staff for sharing and disseminating information about the programs in the Valley
to address homelessness.
ACTIONITEMS
4APPROVAL OF JANUARY 2026MEETING MINUTES
Joseph Ghodsee submitted suggested edits to the minutes via email. Copies of amended minutes were distributed to
all members present. Lisa Millermade a motion to approve the minutes as amended; Joseph Ghodsee seconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
5PUBLIC RECORDS ACT (PRA) AND OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT (OPMA)
Senior Deputy City Attorney Tony Beattie presented information about the Washington State Public Records Act and
Open Public Meetings Act.
Other Business
Eric Robison said several Task Force members will not be able to attend the March 26 meeting and suggested
canceling it. The group agreed.
Several partner organizations will come to the April Task Force meeting with short presentations for Fund 1406 (Sales
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& Use Tax) dollars. The city will move forward with the Request for Proposals processin the coming months.
Eric noted that there is a vacant seat on the Task Force; the group discussed various organizations that may have
potential candidates.
6ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:38 pm.
Julie Meyers-Lehman,Executive Assistant
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AGENDA ITEM 5
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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE `
Meeting Date:April23, 2026
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Possible Uses for Sales and Use Tax (1406) Dollars –Partner Presentations
BACKGROUND:Substitute House Bill 1406 (City Fund 108) allows local jurisdictions to impose local state-shared sales
and use tax to fund affordable or supportive housing. In 2020, the Council authorized the City to begin collecting the
Affordable and Supportive Sales Tax, which is a rebate of the state sales tax to cities and counties. The consumer does
not pay an additional amount for this tax; the effective state sales tax rate of 6.5% remains the same. The City collects
approximately $200,000 each year and the 2025 end balance is estimated to be $1.2 million. The City will receive these
revenues for 20 years, and the revenues may only be used to support affordable housing within the City or for rental
assistance as outlined in RCW 82.14.40 as follows:
Acquiring, rehabilitating, or constructing affordable housing, which may include new units within an existing
structure or facilities providing supportive housing services under RCW 71.24.385 (behavioral health
administrative and managed care organizations).
o Eligible uses include qualifying home-ownership projects for those at or below 80% AMI
Funding the operations and maintenance costs of new units of affordable or supportive housing.
Rental assistance for those at or below 60% AMI
o Eligible uses may include costs related to obtaining or retaining housing; such as move-in expenses or
rental arrears
Administrative costs up to 10% of the annual tax collected
Can be used to help existing projects complete funding stack
Today severalarea providers will discuss some options ofhow these dollars could be used. Any allocation of these funds
would follow an RFP process to solicit applications.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:Consensus to recommend issuing an RFPto solicit applications for rental assistance, down
payment assistance or affordable housingprojects.
STAFF CONTACTS: Eric Robison, Housing and Homeless Coordinator
ATTACHMENTS:
RESULTSBASEDFUNDING
SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS TASK FORCE
FlashvsTraditionalPrograms
Title EvictionEmergency
Flash
Prevention
Shelter
FLASH
FastLeasingand
SustainableHousing
•Saw a 62% increase in families housed
•Two year housing retention rate of 97%
•Reduced costs than traditional shelter
Costdifferences|Prevention
FLASHvsTraditionalServices
FLASHSHELTER
$3,066.25$7,522.20
AVERAGECOSTAVERAGECOST
PERHOUSEHOLDPERHOUSEHOLD
FLASH IS $4,455.96 CHEAPER
Costdifferences|Housing
FLASHvsTraditionalServices
FLASHSHELTER
$6,566.56$11,640.00
AVERAGECOSTAVERAGECOST
PERHOUSEHOLDPERHOUSEHOLD
FLASH IS $5,073.44 CHEAPER
SchoolBased
CaseManagement
•4 Spokane Valley High Schools
Central Valley, East Valley,
West Valley and University High
Additional feeder schools
•2 School Based Case Managers
ResultsBasedFunding
Howitworks
•A set fee is paid to successfully house a
person: $7500
•A set fee is paid to have a person retain
housing for 6 months and 1 year: $2500
•Flexibility in funding
•No Coordinated Entry Requirement
•Focused on Outcome Reports
WhyResults-BasedFundingWorksBetter
•Centers on the Outcome, Not the Program
•Empowers Those Closest to the Problem
•Reduces Fragmentation
•Clear Return on Investment
•Efficient Effectiveness
LessonslearnedfromFLASH
•With early identification and rapid
intervention, the need for a shelter is reduced
•Much more cost effective
•More trauma informed
•Funding attached to Family, not Program is
the most effective
•Flexible funding not through Coordinated
Entry is more effective
Q&A
1406
Possibilities
Chelsey Dunham
Amber Johnson
•Rental Assistance
Agenda
•Property Operations and
Maintenance
2
•SNAP has successfully rental assistance
Rental Assistance
programs for Spokane County and the City of
Spokane
•Deployed over $35M in rental assistance
utilizing Covid-era funding
•Continued high need for rental assistance –
especially one-time funding that helps people
get back on their feet
•SNAP could utilize its current rental
assistance/Homeless Prevention infrastructure
to deliver rental assistance services to
residents of Spokane Valley
3
Property
Operations &
Maintenance
•Support ongoing operations and maintenance of
Windsor Apartments located at 9523 & 9525 E.
Eighth Ave
•Support tenant services for Broadway Senior Housing
to be located at 8001 E. Broadway
•Connection to services
•Transportation to health appointments and
nutritious food
•Building community through engagement
actives like walking groups, gardening,
game nights etc.
•Assisting tenants with understanding their
rights and duties under the Landlord Tenant
Act
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Thank you
Chelsey Dunham & Amber Johnson
dunham@snapwa.orgamber.j@snapwa.org
www.snapwa.org
1406: affordable
homeownership uses
What is Habitat-Spokane?
•Our Mission:
o“seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people
together to build homes communities and hope”
•Our Vision:
o“a world where everyone has a safe decent and affordable place to live”
•Habitat-Spokane serves Spokane County.
What does Habitat-Spokane do?
We build and rehabilitate homes and sell them at cost
•Habitat Homeowners are below 80% Area Median Income
•Habitat Homeowners pay 30% of their monthly income for their
mortgage, tax and insurance
1406 Benefits
•Flexible local funding that’s easy to use
•Local funding is key to unlocking state and federal funding
•Builds on already successful relationship with the City of Spokane
Valley
Land acquisition
•Purchase land in the City of
Spokane Valley for future new
construction development
•Brings down the per unit cost of
housing developed on that land
Rehab acquisition
•Purchase Existing home(s) in
the City of Spokane Valley with
the goal of rehabilitating the
property
•Used to acquire and improve
nuisance/abandoned properties
that may be of concern to the
community
•West Central Example
New construction
•Helps cover cost of
construction on previously
owned land
•Can help bring the per unit
price of planned projects down
Down payment assistance
•Helps families attain an
affordable mortgage
•Usable across all Spokane
Valley projects
•Flexible gap funding
Habitat homeowner success
•Below US average foreclosure rate
•Increase community involvement
•Families focused on achieving next
life goal
Questions?
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April 15, 2026
RE: Spokane Valley 1406 Funds
Dear Spokane Valley Homeless Housing Task Force,
Thank you for inviting Community Frameworks to present ideas on how 1406 dollars from
the City of Spokane Valley can be used to support the
in the community.
equitablelending, and
partnerships.Community Frameworkshas helped create or preserve more than 1,700
homeownership. Today, Community Frameworks serves as a development consultant for
several local organizations, and we own and operate over 300 units of housing across nine
properties, including two in Spokane Valley.
Background:
The City of Spokane Valley has accrued approximately $1,200,000 in 1406 funds collecting
approximately $200,000 per year. RCW 82.14.540 allows for 1406 funding to be used for the
following three purposes:iii)
iii) for
providing rental assistance to tenants.
1406 Use Options :
Community Frameworks recognizes th need for housing and
related services. The current economic climate has placed increasing pressure on families
in our community,resulting in ahigherrisk of housing instability. At the same time, there is
a strong demand for additional housing units to keep up with the ongoing need for
.
The following outlines three methods for disbursing 1406 funds with
related activitiesthat would support Community Frameworks and other local housing
agenciesto .While Community
Frameworks provides down payment assistance and homeownership opportunities,
currentlywe do not believe using1406 funding for homeownership iswith our
program needs,so the proposed activities are focused only on.
Additionally, we recommend also meeting with behavioral health providers to explore how
1406 funding can be used to best support their work.
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Method 1 -
organizations .
Rental assistance to tenants –Provide up to three months of short-term one-time
rental assistance (~$2,000-$5,000 per household) to stabilize households and
prevent exits to homelessness. Funding can be awarded
providers to administer city wide or within their own portfolios. For Community
Frameworks, an award of $50,000 would support at least 15-20 households.
Minor – Provide funding to support minor rehab of
building systems such as roofs, HVACs, structural repairs, and other major systems.
– Provide funding to support
Multi-year awards are ideal and provide longer term stability and support. This
funding may be hard to underwrite for LIHTC deals due to investor requirements, but
it several smaller projects that .
Method 2 - annually to one organization or
project.
Gap f – Provide small
gap funding awards,
housing to show local project support and leverage additional state and private
funding. Organizations could support initial acquisition
costs or predevelopment costs.
Method 3 - allocation of ~-5 years to one
organization after accfunds .
or – State and other
funders are requesting owners to have more leverage in each deal. Having
approximately $1,000,000 in local funding from the City of Spokane Valley would
show local support but also help projects in Spokane Valley remain competitive and
meet the leverage requirements for additional funding such as the Washington State
Housing Trust Fund.
These methods may be used individually or in combination, depending on project needs
and funding priorities. All the activities mentioned would further our work in the
community. Rental assistance would have the greatest immediate impact while funding for
future developments either as a small or large investment would support the construction
of new or preserved units of housing in Spokane Valley.
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