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City Council Retreat—January 12, 2019 <br /> City of Everett Growing and Changing Community Needs - Housing <br /> Background <br /> • Housing challenges for the projected population growth and demographic <br /> changes <br /> • Growing needs of more vulnerable community members <br /> • Several housing strategies being implemented or considered by other <br /> jurisdictions <br /> • Several housing strategies recommended for further analysis <br /> • Development of a Housing Strategy coinciding with the Community <br /> Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan Update Process beginning <br /> early 2019 <br /> • Coordinating with the Long Range Planning's Code Streamlining project <br /> • Includes significant public engagement component <br /> Berk Study Findings <br /> • Small household size (does stock of housing types meet the needs of the <br /> demographics) <br /> • Low percentage of home ownership <br /> Two Key Policy Questions <br /> 1. Does Council have feedback on the suggested housing strategies? <br /> 2. Are there additional strategies or other community needs to target? <br /> Going Forward <br /> • The project schedule will receive periodic updates and remain involved <br /> throughout the development of the Housing Strategy and Consolidated <br /> Plan addressing housing and a broad range of other community needs <br />