Ordinance 2978-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RH-4. Provide a variety of choices in housing types to meet the needs of all segments of the population. Achieve and sustain an adequate supply of low-income, moderate-income, and special needs housing located throughout the region. RH-4.1. Promote fair and equal access to housing for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, family status, source of income or disability. RH-4.2. Achieve and sustain a fair, equitable, and rational distribution of low-income, moderate-income and special needs housing throughout the region consistent with land use policies and the location and type of jobs. Transportation facilities and other services should be provided to support a balance of jobs and housing. Provide a diversity of housing types to meet the housing needs of all segments of the population. RH-4.3. Promote interjurisdictional cooperative efforts, including land use incentives and funding commitments, to ensure that an adequate supply of housing is available to all segments of the population. RH-4.4. Preserve existing low-income, moderate income and special needs housing and where appropriate serve it with transit. Promote the development of institutional and financial mechanisms to provide for affordable housing, particularly housing located in and near urban centers and transportation corridors. RH-4.5. Consider the economic implications of private and public regulations and practices so that the broader public benefit they serve is achieved with the least additional cost to housing. C. Snohomish Countywide Planning Policies The City's Comprehensive Plan must be consistent with the Countywide Planning Policies. See the Comprehensive Plan Introduction (Chapter 1) for information on how these policies were developed. The Countywide Housing Policies are: 1. Ensure that fair and equal access to housing is available to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, familial status, source of income, or disability. 2. Make adequate provisions for existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the county. 3. Strengthen inter jurisdictional cooperative efforts to ensure an adequate supply of housing is available to all economic segments of the county. 4. Adopt and implement a fair share distribution of low-income and special needs housing so as to prevent further concentration of such housing into only a few areas. The county and cities will collaborate in formulating a methodology to assess existing and projected housing needs of the county's population and a fair share housing allocation methodology. HOUSING ELEMENT 3