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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT b3. The aging of the "baby boom" population Management Comprehensive Plan. The that is expected to occur over the next twenty statements of "goal, objectives and policies" I years means that a higher percentage of are intended to guide the public and decision households will be in their peak earning years. makers when considering actions affecting This should result in an increased demand for housing in the Everett Planning Area. The I purchasing smaller homes with greater amenities. goal statement is very general and expresses what the City would like to achieve over the long term. The objective statement is more l 4. Household size is expected to decline descriptive and implies actions or programs through 2012 due to the continued increase in which will move the City toward attainment the number of single-parent families, and of the goal. The policy statement describes I delays in marriage and childbearing. specific actions to be undertaken for the City to realize its housing objectives and goals. 5. The Boeing expansion and the military Icomponent of the population associated with B. Relationship to Current or Future the Navy base will have the effect of Housing Programs. The goals, objectives maintaining a higher proportion of young and policy statements of the Housing Element Iadults within the Everett area population, recommend or imply specific actions that will beginning in the mid-to-late 1990's. be taken to implement the housing policies of I the Everett comprehensive plan. However, 6. The population of the Everett Planning the Housing Element does not spell out the Area will increase from approximately types of housing programs that will be IP 105,000 in 1990 to approximately 150,000 in continued, expanded, initiated or modified to 2012, for a net gain of 45,000 persons. This further the direction given by these policies. will result in the need for approximately The City already has several programs aimed I 27,050 additional housing units in the at improving the supply and condition of planning area from 1990 to 2012. housing for its citizens. Following adoption of the Housing Element, existing housing I 7. A holding capacity analysis of the programs will be evaluated and new housing dwelling unit potential of the Everett Planning programs may be initiated to determine how Area under existing land use plans indicates to best satisfy the housing requirements of the II the potential for approximately 16,000 to Growth Management Act and the policies 23,500 additional dwelling units. Even at the contained in the Housing Element. upper end of this range, which is based upon Ioptimum development yields, there is a need C. Consistency with the County-Wide to plan for a greater number of dwellings in Planning Policies. The Growth Management the planning area to meet the projected Act requires the comprehensive plans of each Ihousing demand. jurisdiction to be consistent with the County- Wide Planning Policies (CPP's). All of the I V. HOUSING ELEMENT - GOAL, OB- relevant Housing Policies of the County-Wide OB- JECTIVES AND POLICIES Planning Policies have been addressed in the following housing policies for the City of /1111 A. Purpose of Goal, Objectives and Everett. Policies. The following section contains the housing goal, objectives and policies for the D. GOAL of the Housing Element. The IHousing Element of the Everett Growth goal of the Housing Element is to provide H-17