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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE
MEETINGAGENDA
Thursday, July23, 2026| 2:00PM
Members of the public may attend Spokane Valley Homeless Housing Task Force meetings in person at
Spokane Valley City Hall, 10210 E Sprague Ave, Room N212orvirtuallyon 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 April2026Meeting Minutes
5.Task Force Meeting ScheduleChange
INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
6.Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Updates: 2026 Point in Time Count and Continuum of
Care (CoC) Notice of Funding Opportunity
Arielle Andersonand Amanda Martinez, City of Spokane
7.Adjourn
AGENDA ITEM 4
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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE
RegularMeeting Minutes| April 23, 2026 | 2:00 pm
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 2:11 pm.
2 ATTENDANCE: In attendance were:
Task Force Voting MembersGuests (in person)
Pam Haley, City of Spokane Valley Councilmember Officer Dan Spiewak, SVPD
George Dahl, Spokane County Amber Johnson, SNAP
Kelly Keenan, Spokane Housing Authority DanaLe Roy, Habitat for Humanity Spokane
Joseph Ghodsee, Community Member Joe Ader, Family Promise
Allisha Corley, Community Member Jennifer Calvert
Task Force Non-Voting MembersGuests (online)
Arielle Anderson, City of Spokane Karin Morris
Gloria Mantz, City of Spokane Valley Seth, Goodwill
Ashley Martin, Community Frameworks
City Staff Chris McKinney, Spokane County
Eric Robison, Housing & Housing Coordinator Matthew Hurd, Community Frameworks
Sarah Farr, Accounting & Finance Program Manager
Sarah Mattox, Accountant I
Julie Meyers-Lehman, Executive Assistant
3GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY
There were no comments.
ACTIONITEMS
4APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 2026MEETING MINUTES
Mr. Ghodseemade a motion to approve the February 2026 meeting minutes as presented. Ms. Corleyseconded.
Motion passed unanimously.
5POSSIBLE USES FOR SALES AND USE TAX (1406) DOLLARS: PARTNER PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Robisonshared details about Sales and Use Tax (1406) funding and the restrictions of the types of supportive
housing and rental assistance projects for which the funds may be used. The City currently has an estimated $1.2
million in 1406 funds in the budget. Four local service provider organizations presented information on how these
dollars might be used within Spokane Valley. Any allocation of funds would occur after a Request for Proposals (RFP)
process and funding awards decisions are made by the City Council.
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(a) Family Promise of Spokane
Joe Ader summarized the FLASH (Fast Leasing and Sustainable Housing) Program. He reported on:
Cost savings between FLASH and traditional homelessness prevention services
Cost savings between FLASH and traditional housing services
School based case management
Results-based funding and why it is more effective
Lessons learned
(b) Spokane Neighborhood Action Programs (SNAP)
Amber Johnson reported on SNAP’s Rental Assistance program and their property operations and maintenance
program. She provided examples of locations currently benefiting from these programs.
The group discussed transportation needs and services, including the “Neighbors on the Go” program. Jennifer Calvert
spoke about being a volunteer driver with SNAP and how much the seniors appreciate the volunteers.
(c) Habitat for Humanity
Dana Le Roy provided a background and mission of the organization. Possible uses for the 1406 funds could be:
Land acquisition: brings down the price per unit
Rehabilitation acquisitions: purchasing existing run-down properties. Puts property into a permanent affordable
housing category
New construction
Down payment assistance
(d) Community Framework.
Ashley Martin shared information about Community Frameworks. They have developed three different methods of how
the 1406 funding could be used.
Method 1: Distribute roughly $200,000 each year via small grants to benefit multiple organizations serving a
wide variety of community needs, such as:
o Rental assistance to tenants
o Minor rehabilitation of affordable housing
o Operations and maintenance funding of new units
Method 2: Distribute a single $200,000 allocation annually to one organization or project:
o Gap funding for acquisition or construction of affordable housing
Method 3: Distribute a single larger allocation of approximately $1 million every three-to-five- years to one
organization, after accumulating funds for a large investment:
o Acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of affordable housing
The next step is to recommend that the City Council approve issuing a RFP. The group discussed parameters of an RFP;
multiple members commented that the RFP should be as broad as possible and they would prefer that the parameters
be as flexible as the funding allows.
Mr. Ghodsee made a motion to recommend issuing an RFP to solicit applications for rental assistance, down payment
assistance, affordable housing projects, land acquisition, or operations/maintenance. Ms. Corley seconded. Motion
passed unanimously.
6ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:17 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:July23, 2026
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Task Force Meeting ScheduleChange
BACKGROUND:The Homeless Housing Task Force’sstatutory responsibilitiesinclude recommending which5-Year Plan
to Prevent and End Homelessnessshould be adopted by the City Council, and making funding recommendations to
Council for applicable funding sources.
Because Spokane Valley directly receives and distributes a relatively small amount offunding, the work requirements for
the Task Force are generally rather light. Over the past two years, multiple meetings have been canceled due to a lack of
Action Items to address. Staff understand that Task Force members are engaged in their outside work and other duties,
so meetings with no action items are generally canceled out of respect for members’ limited time.
To improve consistency and help with planning, staff recommend changing the frequency of Task Force meetings to
quarterly, beginning this month. Subsequent meetings would be scheduled for the fourth Thursday inOctober2026,
January2027, and April 2027. In the event that a meeting is needed between these dates, a special meeting could be
called to address any necessary business.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:Change the frequency of Task Force meetings to quarterly, beginning in July 2026.
STAFF CONTACT: Eric Robison, Homeless & Housing Coordinator
ATTACHMENTS:None
AGENDA ITEM 6
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SPOKANE VALLEY HOMELESS HOUSING TASK FORCE
Meeting Date:July23, 2026
AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Housing and Urban Development (HUD)updates:2026Point In Time count and Continuum of Care
(CoC)Notice of Funding Opportunity
BACKGROUND:
Point In Time Count
The Point In Time (PIT) countattempts to capture the number of individuals experiencing homelessness –both sheltered
and unsheltered –on a single night in January. Thisannual count is required by the federal Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD)for communities receiving federal fundingfor housing and homelessness. The count generally
takes placeduring the final week of January, and tookplace this year from Tuesday, January 27to Monday, February 2.
2026.
The 2026PIT count found 1,738individualsexperiencing homelessnessin the Spokane Region, which has trended down
over the past threecounts from a peak of 2,390 people in 2023. The numberof people counted asunsheltered (not in
Emergency Shelter or Transitional Housing), continued a slight upward trend to 643 people this year since hitting a low
of 443 people in 2024.Although the number is still far lower than the peak of 955 unsheltered individuals counted in
2023. The full 2026PIT count presentation is included in the packet, which provides a detailed look into the data.
Prior to the city’s more direct involvement with the PIT, few individuals were counted in Spokane Valley. In the past
several years the count in Spokane Valley has found approximately50+ people each year.
2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity
HUD is responsible for distributing funding to local Continuums of Care (CoC) through a regular Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) process. A number ofchanges were proposed and litigatedin court over the last year, with final
details still remaining unclear. If proposed changes are ultimately implemented, there could be some significant impacts
on our CoC and broader community. Some of the more significant proposed changes include a shift from focusing on
long-term housing programs to short-term and transitional services instead. Projects that require programming and
sobriety from participants would also receive additional points in the revised NOFO guidelines, as shift from the housing-
first approach long championed by HUD under previous administrations.
The City of Spokane’s Housing & Homeless Services Department serves as the CoC’s “Collaborative Applicant” (CA),
providing the staffing and technical expertise needed to manage CoC funds. The CA has tracked the proposed changes,
and is leading the CoC’s NOFO application process, remaining uncertainties notwithstanding.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:None
STAFF CONTACTS: Eric Robison, Housing and Homeless Coordinator
ATTACHMENTS:2026 Federal PIT Overview Report