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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Policy 4.7.1 Encourage multiple family development and redevelopment in downtown, in <br />mixed-use residential -commercial centers, along mixed-use arterial corridors, and near major <br />employment areas. <br />Policy 4.7.2 Update design guidelines to ensure that new multiple family housing enhances <br />and is compatible with surrounding uses, yet respects the needs of consumers for affordable <br />housing. <br />H. Subsidized Housing - Low Income and Special Needs Populations <br />Objective 4.8 The City shall continue to support housing programs that increase the supply of <br />housing for low-income households and special needs populations. For purposes of developing <br />housing programs to implement these policies, the City shall use the definitions established by <br />the Department of Housing and Urban Development for "affordable housing," "extremely low <br />income," "very low-income housing," "low-income housing," "moderate income housing" and <br />"middle-income housing." For purposes of developing housing programs to implement these <br />policies, housing for special needs populations shall be defined as: <br />Affordable housing for persons that require special assistance for supportive care <br />to subsist or achieve independent living, including but not limited to persons that <br />are elderly and frail elderly, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically <br />disabled, homeless, people in recovery from chemical dependency, persons living <br />with HIV/AIDS, survivors of domestic violence, and youth at risk. <br />Policy 4.8.1 Coordinate with the Everett Housing Authority, Snohomish County Housing <br />Authority, non-profit housing providers, and other public and private housing interests to <br />increase the supply of housing for low income and special needs populations within the Everett <br />Planning Area. <br />Policy 4.8.2 Continue to make use of available public and private resources to subsidize <br />housing costs for low income households and special needs populations within the Everett <br />Planning Area, within the financial capabilities of the city. <br />Policy 4.8.3 Develop strategies to disperse subsidized rental housing equitably throughout the <br />Everett Planning Area and to ensure that not more than 20% of the rental housing within any <br />census tract is government subsidized for households at or below 50% of the area median <br />income. <br />Policy 4.8.4 Continue to coordinate with Snohomish County and the other cities in the county <br />to plan for low income and special needs housing within each community throughout the <br />county, and to prevent the further concentration of such housing within the Everett Planning <br />Area. <br />Policy 4.8.5 Work with social service and non-profit agencies to effectively provide the <br />services required for low-income households and special needs populations, within the financial <br />capabilities of the city. <br />HOUSING ELEMENT 28 <br />