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operating costs associated with maintaining social housing 1 developments, and administrative costs of operating social housing. 2 (69) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2024 is provided solely to contract with a nonprofit to provide 4 wraparound services for homeless families with children, including 5 prevention, shelter, and stabilization services. The nonprofit must 6 be located in Pierce county and be an affiliate of a national 7 organization dedicated to preventing and ending family homelessness 8 by providing prevention, shelter, and stabilization services. 9 (70) Within existing resources, the department must submit an 10 interim and a final report to the appropriate committees of the 11 legislature on efforts taken by the department to stabilize rents for 12 tenants of affordable housing units financed through the housing 13 assistance program created under RCW 43.185.015 including, but not 14 limited to, efforts to limit or mitigate the impacts of rent 15 increases for tenants of qualifying units. The department must submit 16 the interim report by December 1, 2023, and the final report by 17 December 1, 2024. 18 (71) Before awarding or entering into grants or contracts for the 19 2023-2025 fiscal biennium for homeless housing and service programs 20 that are funded from the home security fund account or the affordable 21 housing for all account, the department must first consult with local 22 governments and eligible grantees to ensure that funding from these 23 accounts is used to maintain the quantity and types of homeless 24 housing and services funded in local communities as of February 28, 25 2023. The department may take into consideration local document 26 recording fee balances and individual county fluctuations in 27 recording fee collections when allocating state funds. The department 28 must redeploy funds to other nonprofit and county grantees if 29 originally granted amounts are not expended or committed within a 30 reasonable timeline. The department may then provide funding to 31 eligible entities to undertake the activities described in RCW 32 36.22.176(1)(c)(i), such as funding for project-based vouchers and 33 other assistance necessary to support permanent supportive housing as 34 defined in RCW 36.70A.030 or as administered by the office of apple 35 health and homes created in RCW 43.330.181. 36 (72) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 37 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to an Everett-based 38 affiliate of a national nonprofit human services organization to 39 p. 71 ESSB 5187.SL