Sand Point Community Housing Project Records
Scope and Contents note
Memos, leases, grant applications, minutes and agreements relating to City plans to acquire a portion of Naval Station Puget Sound at Sand Point for transitional housing for homeless persons. Includes minutes and other material of the Sand Point Community Housing Association which had designated responsibility for management and coordination of homeless services at Sand Point facilities.
Dates
- Creation: 1992-1997
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Human Services Dept. (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
An Office of Human Resources was established in 1971 in the Executive Department to develop, implement, and manage social services for low-income and disadvantaged residents of Seattle. In 1973 it was replaced by the Department of Human Resources. DHR administered family and youth services programs, senior citizen services, community service activities, the Seattle Veterans Action Center, and the Comprehensive Residential Weatherization Program. Federal, state, and local grants comprised two-thirds of the department's operating budget. Passage of the 1986 Low Income Housing Levy increased the City's funding and policy role in housing issues. In 1991, the agency name was changed to the Department of Human Services. A year later, the Department of Housing and Human Services was created, incorporating the City housing programs and Community Development Block Grant administration from the recently abolished Department of Community Development. DHHS programs included aging services, family and youth services, housing and community services, human services, and the City's education office. In 1999, the Office of Housing was established as an independent agency and DHHS was reorganized as the Human Services Department.
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Project to acquire surplus federal property at a closed naval base for use as housing for the homeless.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically.
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Housing & Human Services (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). Human Services Dept. (Organization)
- United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (Organization)
- Naval Station Puget Sound (Wash.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Sand Point Community Housing Project Records 1992-1997
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Janet Ness
- Date
- Š 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv71621
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository