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Attachment A <br />w <br />HOUSING <br />WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS CHAPTER: <br />• Estimates of current and future housing needs. <br />• Policies to preserve and improve the existing housing stock; encourage new housing <br />that meets the community's needs; and develop thriving, equitable neighborhoods. <br />• Strategies to encourage housing that is affordable to all income levels and for all current <br />and projected residents in our community. <br />PURPOSE <br />This Housing Element describes how Tukwila's housing needs will be satisfied through <br />2031. Projected housing needs were determined by a joint committee of cities and the <br />County, as required by state law. The importance of these needs were highlighted in the <br />development of the City's 2012 Strategic Plan and guided by the Community Conversations <br />outreach efforts of the 2015 Comprehensive Plan update. This element is based on a <br />detailed analysis of Tukwila's housing needs contained in the Housing Background Report. <br />Tukwila will continue to grow over the next twenty years, projected to accommodate an <br />additional 4,800 households and 15,500 new jobs by 2031. The goals and policies <br />presented here identify the steps the City of Tukwila can take in response to the housing <br />issues found within our community. These steps are necessary to plan for growth that will <br />reduce barriers that prevent modest wage workers from living near their work or transit, <br />to ensure the sustainability and vitality of the existing housing stock, and to preserve <br />housing that is affordably priced for low income households. Tukwila's growth and future <br />must include polices that create thriving, equitable neighborhoods and homes where all <br />people have the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, affordable home in the city of <br />opportunity and the community of choice. <br />City of Tukwila Comprehensive Plan - Housing Element <br />W: \Long Range Projects \2014 Comp PlanUp date \Residential Neighborhoods \Public Review \PC <br />Packet \Housing -PC- 6252015 - clean.docx <br />6/9/2015 <br />13 <br />