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(iv) Advise and collaborate with the office of health and homes 1 to prepare projects for capital funding; 2 (v) Advise on supportive housing best practices; 3 (vi) Advise on service delivery for vulnerable populations; 4 (vii) Advise on local community engagement, especially with 5 populations with lived experience of homelessness; and 6 (viii) Subcontract for specialized predevelopment services as 7 needed. 8 (((189))) (187) $7,500,000 of the general fund—state 9 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the 10 department to administer grants to eligible cities for actions 11 relating to adopting ordinances that would authorize middle housing 12 types on at least 30 percent of lots currently zoned as single family 13 residential. 14 (a) For the purposes of this subsection, a city is eligible to 15 receive a grant if: 16 (i) The city is required to plan under RCW 36.70A.040; and 17 (ii) The city is required to take action on or before June 30, 18 2024, to review and, if needed, revise its comprehensive plan and 19 development regulations pursuant to RCW 36.70A.130(5)(a). 20 (b) Grant recipients must use grant funding for costs to conduct 21 at least three of the following activities: 22 (i) Analyzing comprehensive plan policies and municipal code to 23 determine the extent of amendments required to meet the goal of 24 authorizing middle housing types on at least 30 percent of lots 25 currently zoned as single family residential; 26 (ii) Preparing informational material for the public; 27 (iii) Conducting outreach, including with the assistance of 28 community-based organizations, to inform and solicit feedback from a 29 representative group of renters and owner-occupied households in 30 residential neighborhoods, and from for-profit and nonprofit 31 residential developers; 32 (iv) Drafting proposed amendments to zoning ordinances for 33 consideration by the city planning commission and city council; 34 (v) Holding city planning commission public hearings; 35 (vi) Publicizing and presenting the city planning commission's 36 recommendations to the city council; and 37 (vii) Holding city council public hearings on the planning 38 commission's recommendations. 39 p. 820 ESSB 5187.SL