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Category 2: For official use only / disclosure permissible by law. Introduction and Purpose The Housing Element Appendix is a supportfng technical companion to the Housing Element of the Everett 2044 Comprehensive Plan. Their primary purpose is to provide detailed demographic, housing, and policy analysis that substantfates the goals, policies, and strategies presented in the Housing Element. This includes data and methodologies required to meet state and regional planning requirements under the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA), as amended by House Bill 1220 (2021), and guidance from the Washington State Department of Commerce and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC). The Housing Element serves as the City's policy framework to guide the development, preservatfon, and equitable distributfon of housing in Everett through the 2044 planning horizon. This appendix provides supportfng technical foundatfon and documentatfon for that framework, addressing the following: • Housing needs assessment (HNA), including current and projected housing needs by income level, household type, and tenure • Detailed demographic and housing market analysis, including conditfons facing cost-burdened and special needs populatfons • Identfficatfon of housing affordability barriers, regulatory and market-based, that constrain housing availability and choice • Analysis of racially disparate impacts, displacement risk, and exclusionary housing patterns, in alignment with RCW 36.70A.070(2)(e–h) • Documentatfon of methodologies and data sources, ensuring transparency and replicability of analysis This document also complements the Everett 2044 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). While the SEIS provides the formal environmental review required under SEPA, findings from its housing and land use analysis are further detailed and contextualized here. Where applicable, sectfons in this appendix reference SEIS findings and incorporate them by summary or citatfon. Together, the Housing Element, this Housing Element Appendix, and the SEIS form an integrated body of work that meets the GMA’s intent to “plan for and accommodate housing affordable to all economic segments of the populatfon.”