2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - STATE GOVERNMENT — EXECUTIVE
43.63A Department of community, trade, and economic development.
43.63A.670 Home-matching program -- Finding, purpose.
RCW 43.63A.670 Home-matching program — Finding, purpose.
(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) The trend toward smaller household sizes will continue into the foreseeable future;
(b) Many of these households are in housing units that contain more bedrooms than occupants;
(c) There are older homeowners on relatively low, fixed income who are experiencing difficulties maintaining their homes; and
(d) There are single parents, recently widowed persons, people in the midst of divorce or separation, and handicapped that are faced with displacement due to the high cost of housing.
(2) The legislature declares that the purpose of RCW 43.63A.680 is to develop a pilot program designed to:
(a) Provide home-matching services that can enable people to continue living in their homes while promoting continuity of home ownership and community stability; and
(b) Counter the problem of displacement among people on relatively low, fixed incomes by linking people offering living space with people seeking housing.
[1993 c 478 § 18.]
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