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<br /> Page 41 <br />Everett 2044 Housing Element Appendix <br />Category 2: Sensitfve informatfon <br />and lower income families miss the chance to benefit from the advantages of these neighborhoods. <br />Domestfc Violence Services staff noted that working with landlords to place unhoused victfms into <br />buildings with 2-6 units is oflen easier, with a greater willingness by these landlords to be flexible. Other <br />housing providers noted that greater supply of all types of housing benefits the entfre housing market, <br />including subsidized housing needs. <br />Recommended Comprehensive Plan Policy Changes <br />In recognitfon of the very real risk that rapid growth and new development can displace long-tfme <br />residents—partfcularly in lower-income and BIPOC neighborhoods—the City of Everett has built a <br />dedicated Equity Sectfon into its Housing Element (see Goal 4 on page 63) to ensure that fairness and <br />inclusion are at the heart of its housing strategy. Under Goal 4, the City commits to “celebrat[e] and <br />foster diversity and reduce economic segregatfon by encouraging inclusive mixed-income communitfes,” <br />to “involve communitfes disproportfonately affected by housing challenges in planning processes,” and <br />to “minimize disproportfonate impacts on, or displacement of, marginalized populatfons.” <br />One of the cornerstone policies flowing from this commitment is the adoptfon of inclusionary zoning <br />around the future light-rail statfon in South Everett’s Casino Road area. By requiring that a percentage of <br />all new for-sale and rental units in that rapidly redeveloping statfon-area be permanently affordable to <br />moderate- and lower-income households, the City is both creatfng new homes and locking in <br />affordability in the very neighborhoods most at risk of being pushed out. This targeted inclusionary <br />approach not only helps maintain economic diversity but also directs public-private partnership <br />incentfves—such as fee waivers and density bonuses—to projects that deliver long-term, stable housing <br />for current residents even as the Casino Road corridor grows into a vibrant, transit-oriented <br />neighborhood. <br />