RCW 43.330.483: Low-income home rehabilitation grant program.

(1) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the low-income home rehabilitation grant program is created within the department.

(2) The program must include the following elements:

(a) Eligible homeowners must be low-income and live in rural areas.

(b) Homeowners who are senior citizens, persons with disabilities, families with children five years old and younger, and veterans must receive priority for grants.

(c) The cost of the home rehabilitation must be the lesser of:

(i) 80 percent of the assessed or appraised value of the property post rehabilitation, whichever is greater; or

(ii) $50,000.

(d) The maximum amount that may be granted under this program may not exceed the cost of the home rehabilitation as provided in (c) of this subsection.

(3) The department must adopt rules for implementation of this grant program.

(4) Notwithstanding RCW 43.330.480(2) and subsection (2)(a) of this section, for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, amounts appropriated for low-income home rehabilitation projects impacted by the weather event described in emergency proclamation 25-07.2 are not limited to homeowners in rural areas.