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(i) Evaluate the distribution of state affordable housing funds 1 and its impact on the creation of homeownership units serving Black, 2 indigenous, and people of color; 3 (ii) Evaluate the eligibility requirements, access, and use of 4 state-funded down payment assistance funds, and their impact on 5 homeownership rate disparities; 6 (iii) Review barriers preventing Black, indigenous, and people of 7 color from accessing credit and loans through traditional banks for 8 residential loans; and 9 (iv) Provide budgetary, administrative policy, and legislative 10 recommendations to increase ownership unit development and access to 11 credit. 12 (101) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 13 year 2022 and $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 14 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to convene a 15 task force to make recommendations regarding needed reforms to the 16 state's growth policy framework, including the growth management act, 17 state environmental policy act, and other statutes related to growth, 18 change, economic development, housing, social equity, and 19 environmental conservation. The process will build upon the findings, 20 concepts, and recommendations in recent state-funded reports, 21 including the "road map to Washington's future" issued by the William 22 D. Ruckelshaus center in 2019, the report of the environmental 23 justice task force issued in 2020, and "updating Washington's growth 24 policy framework" issued by the University of Washington in 2021. The 25 task force must involve diverse perspectives including but not 26 limited to representatives of counties, cities, special districts, 27 the real estate, building, and agricultural industries, planning and 28 environmental organizations, tribal governments, and state agencies. 29 Special effort must be made to include in these discussions the lived 30 experiences and perspectives of people and communities who have too 31 often been excluded from public policy decision-making and unevenly 32 impacted by those decisions. The work group must report on its 33 activities and recommendations prior to the 2022 and 2023 legislative 34 sessions. 35 (102) $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2022 and $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit 38 organization located in the city of Seattle for providing resident 39 p. 782 ESSB 5187.SL