Kitsap County Homeless Housing Plan

2025 – 2030 Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan

Under the direction of the Washington Department of Commerce, the Housing and Homelessness Division of Kitsap County is seeking public comment on its new five-year Homeless Housing Plan. This update of the Local Plan was created with input from elected officials, community members, social service providers, housing providers, and from people experiencing homelessness.

View the 2025-2030 Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan Draft here

Public Comment Period

Kitsap County is seeking written public comment on its new five-year Kitsap Homeless Housing Plan now through 4:00pm on December 8, 2025. Please submit all comments via email to ceborg@kitsap.gov. Comments can also be sent by mail to 614 Division Street, MS-23, Port Orchard, WA 98366.

A public hearing to review and approve the funding will be held during the Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, December 8, 20245, at 5:30 PM  in the Commissioners Chambers at the Kitsap County Administrative Building, 619 Division Street, Port Orchard, WA, and online via Zoom. The meeting access link, as well as related materials, will be available to the public prior to the meeting at www.kitsapgov.com by clicking on Commissioner Meeting Agendas and selecting the Board Meeting Date for December 8, 2025.

The public is encouraged to attend. The meeting location is accessible to those with disabilities.

NOTE: Kitsap County does not discriminate on the basis of disability.  Individuals who require accommodation should contact the Commissioner’s Office at (360) 337-7080 or TDD (360) 337-7275 or 1-800-816-2782. (Please provide five business days notice for interpreter services).

2019 Update to Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan – Approved by Commissioners

In the 2018 legislative session, Washington lawmakers passed new legislation that directed the Department of Commerce to issue specific guidelines to counties for updates to each county’s homeless housing plan. County plans that respond to these guidelines must be approved by their legislative body no later than December 1, 2019. The Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners approved the 2019 Homeless Crisis Response Plan Update on Nov 25th, 2019.  Kitsap County updated this plan in 2018 with extensive community input. It is already substantially in compliance with the Commerce Guidelines. Because of these factors and the short timeframe to complete an update, the decision was made to make only minor updates to the existing Plan in the Action Plan – Detail Matrix, and to add Appendix D and Appendix E which directly respond to Commerce’s required elements.

The Housing and Homelessness Division will be working with the Kitsap Housing and Homelessness Coalition to implement this strategy plan over the next 3-5 years.

View the 2019 Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan

• Plan Approved by Commissioners

  

  The Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners approved the 2018 Homeless Crisis Response Plan on May 23rd, 2018.  The plan includes input from many elected officials, community members, social service providers, housing providers, and from people experiencing homelessness.
  
  The Housing and Homelessness Division will be working with the Kitsap Housing and Homelessness Coalition and many community partners to implement this strategy plan over the next 3-5 years.

  View the 2018 Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan