WA State Department of Housing Task Force Survey

Posted: 3/26/2026 ()

The Washington State Department of Housing invites survey responses to inform recommendations for how to structure a new Department of Housing that will serve as the state’s coordinating and problem solving hub for ensuring adequate housing supply and housing stability for all Washingtonians. Your feedback will help inform the Task Force’s final report, due November 15, 2026, which will include recommendations on the mission, structure, programs, and goals of a new Department of Housing. The report will be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature for consideration. Here is the survey. It takes 15-25 minutes to fill out, depending on how thorough you want to be!

Housing work at the state level is currently primarily done in a sub-division of the department of commerce, but with several programs dispersed throughout state government and a general lack of ease in coordination between efforts. The governor has established a task force to develop legislation for the 2027 session that would establish a standalone housing department. The idea here being that by having a standalone agency, there would be better communication between programs doing finance, policy, development, services, land use, infrastructure, etc.