As part of the new Kitsap Eviction Prevention Assistance (KEPA) Program, Kitsap County has funding available to contract with organizations to perform Outreach & Education and/or Application Assistance for this rental assistance and utilities assistance program to the communities that they serve, such as racial and ethnic minority populations, immigrants and refugees, individuals who identify as LGBTQ+, individuals with disabilities or who are deaf, and Native Americans.
Grant applications for organizations are available May 20th at noon until June 3rd at 4pm at
https://kcowa.us/kepa-partner. The first round of applications is due 6/3/2022. Applications will be accepted after this date on a rolling basis until 8/1/2022.
For more information please see the
KEPA Funding Opportunity Info (pdf) document.
Download the KEPA Outreach Partners Flyer 7-2022 (pdf)
Technical Assistance Session
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Kitsap County Housing & Homelessness Division hosted an optional Technical Assistance session for the upcoming "By and For" Community Organizations Assisting Diverse Populations funding opportunity. View the recording at the following
Youtube link, and see the
Presentation Slides (pdf) for more information.
Housing & Homelessness 2020 Annual Report
The 2020 Annual Report for the Kitsap County Housing & Homelessness Division has been released. This report details how the Housing & Homelessness Division works to make homelessness rare, brief, and one-time, accomplishments for the year, how funds are invested, and an overview of the Homeless Crisis Response System performance. In addition this report includes a COVID-19 Pandemic Response update highlighting the changing role and accomplishments of the division during the pandemic.
2020 Housing & Homelessness Division Annual Report (pdf)
2022 Coordinated Grant Application
Awards Posted
On Oct 25th, 2021, the Board of Commissioners approved the 2022 funding recommendations for the Affordable Housing Grant Program and the Homeless Housing Grant Program. The the awards are posted, for more details and to view the awards click here
Coordinated Grant Application Process
Affordable Housing Report
Kitsap County is pleased to announce the release of the City of Bremerton & Kitsap County Affordable Housing Recommendations Report, March 2020, prepared by ECONorthwest. In response to the affordable housing challenges facing many Kitsap County residents, the County and City of Bremerton partnered to have a study completed to better understand housing affordability issues. The report includes key findings and recommendations to encourage and support the development of more housing to meet residents’ needs. To view the report and appendices click on the links below.
City of Bremerton & Kitsap County Affordable Housing Recommendations Report (pdf)
Technical Appendices:
Housing Landscape Overview (pdf)
Housing Inventory (pdf)
Housing Needs Analysis (pdf)
COVID-19 Guidance to Homeless Service Providers
A webpage dedicated to providing COVID-19 Guidance to Kitsap County providers has been created. This page is a work in progress and will be updated as additional guidance is established. Visit the
Housing & Homelessness Division COVID-19 Guidance page
2019 Update to Kitsap Homeless Crisis Response and Housing Plan – 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
