Ordinance 2978-07 - Laserfiche WebLink

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Policy 4.6.3 The City shall promote efforts that help to change the incorrect public perception that tenants of rental housing are less responsible citizens than homeowners. G. Multiple Family Housing- Location and Compatibility Objective 4.7 The City shall encourage new multiple family housing development in locations that have the least impact to existing single-family neighborhoods, designed to be compatible with and complementary to surrounding land uses. Policy 4.7.1 The city shall encourage multiple family development and redevelopment in downtown, in mixed-use residential-commercial centers, along mixed-use arterial corridors, and near major employment areas. Policy 4.7.2 The City shall update design guidelines to ensure that new multiple family housing enhances and is compatible with surrounding uses, yet respects the needs of consumers for affordable housing. H. Subsidized Housing- Low Income and Special Needs Populations Objective 4.8 The City shall continue to support housing programs that increase the supply of housing for low-income households and special needs populations. For purposes of developing housing programs to implement these policies, the City shall use the definitions established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for "affordable housing," "very low-income housing," "low-income housing," "moderate income housing" and "middle-income housing." For purposes of developing housing programs to implement these policies, housing for special needs populations shall be defined as: Affordable housing for persons that require special assistance for supportive care to subsist or achieve independent living, including but not limited to persons that are elderly and frail elderly, developmentally disabled, mentally ill, physically disabled, homeless, people in recovery from chemical dependency, persons living with HIV/AIDS, survivors of domestic violence, and youth at risk. Policy 4.8.1 The City shall coordinate with the Everett Housing Authority, Snohomish County Housing Authority, non-profit housing providers, and other public and private housing interests to increase the supply of housing for low income and special needs populations within the Everett Planning Area. Policy 4.8.2 The City shall continue to make use of available public and private resources to subsidize housing costs for low income households and special needs populations within the Everett Planning Area, within the financial capabilities of the city. Policy 4.8.3 The City shall develop strategies to disperse subsidized rental housing equitably throughout the Everett Planning Area and to ensure that not more than 20% of the rental housing within any census tract is government subsidized very low-, low-, or moderate-income housing. Policy 4.8.4 The City shall coordinate with Snohomish County and the other cities in the county to modify the methodology for calculating a fair share distribution of low income and HOUSING ELEMENT 13