HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2015-04-27 Comprehensive Plan Work Session - 3 - 2008 Housing ElementTUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Housing
HOUSING
PURPOSE
The Housing Element describes how Tukwila's housing needs will be
satisfied through 2022.
Projected housing needs were determined by a joint committee of cities
and the County, as required by state law. These needs were refined
through the Vision Tukwila, Tukwila Tomorrow processes and the City
Council Residential Revitalization program. Tukwila's overall objective:
identify ways to distribute regional housing demand within the Urban
Growth Area. To achieve this, two assumptions and three goals were
established:
ASSUMPTIONS:
• Assumption that the City has already planned to accommodate
its fair share of regional housing through 2022
• Assumption that the City has already achieved its fair share of
affordable housing through 2022
GOALS:
• An improved housing stock in support of enhanced
neighborhood quality
• A full range of opportunities for housing for persons in all stages
of life
• Improved neighborhood quality by reducing the transient nature
of neighborhoods
This element focuses on a detailed analysis of housing needs.
ISSUES
In developing the policies to meet these goals, the following overall 20-
year housing and household growth was forecast for Tukwila outside the
Tukwila Urban Center:
• There will be a moderate growth in the number of households.
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• Of this future housing growth, an equal amount will be in the
Tukwila Urban Center and single - family neighborhoods.
• Low- and moderate - income households will account for a small
percentage of the growth.
Overall Supply and Demand
Tukwila's existing housing stock consists of about 7,700 units, primarily
single - family dwellings and multi -unit apartment buildings; there are few
duplex, triplex, or fourplex units. This Plan provides for approximately
3,200 new units, which is the target allocated to Tukwila in the King
County Countywide Planning Policies (KCC December, 2003). A little
more than one -half of Tukwila's housing is over 40 years old, and ten
percent is less than 10 years old. A housing conditions survey that
randomly sampled 18 percent of all Tukwila's single - family homes rated
18 percent of the survey homes as "deferring needed maintenance ", and
two percent as "deteriorated" or "dilapidated."
Housing Affordability
Tukwila is among the most affordable housing areas in the region, offering
possibly the best housing value in King County. It is one of very few
cities where the supply of low- and moderate - income housing units is
greater than the number of low- and moderate - income households.
GOALS AND POLICIES
These housing goals are Tukwila's approach to meeting the challenge of
revitalizing residential neighborhoods while maintaining affordable
housing and meeting the needs of low- income and special households.
Goal 3.1
Continue to provide the City's fair share of regional housing.
Policies
3.1.1 Provide sufficient zoned housing potential to accommodate
future single- and multi family households.
3.1.2 Establish 6.7 dwelling units per acre (6,500-square-foot lots)
as a maximum for single-family neighborhoods.
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3.1.3 Provide zoning capacity within the Tukwila Urban Center for
housing units. (Figure 23 on page 113)
Goal 3.2
Continue to provide the City's fair share of affordable housing.
Policies
3.2.1 Support the regional fair -share funding of needed affordable
housing and the equitable distribution of these units.
3.2.2 Reinforce Tukwila 's block grant assistance program through
coordination either of assistance with continued affordable
unit pricing, or of repayment upon sale with proceeds applied
to an affordable housing assistance fund.
3.2.3 Periodically review low - income housing requirements to
evaluate City compliance with regional standards and to
ensure that the City's affordable housing responsibilities are
being satisfied.
3.2.4 Continue providing Tukwila's fair share of future regional
low- and moderate- income housing.
3.2.5 Avoid concentrating publicly subsidized low - income housing in
any one large complex or neighborhood by designing
programs that locate and blend the households into the
community.
3.2.6 Develop public and private partnerships in providing low- and
moderate- income housing.
3.2.7 Encourage a full range of housing opportunities for all
population segments by actions including, but not limited to,
revising the Tukwila development codes as appropriate to
provide a range of housing types.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
• Allow an accessory dwelling unit in single family zones on
lots with a minimum 7,200 square feet, integrated into the
primary structure size, not exceeding 33 percent of the
square footage in the primary residence, or 1,000 square
feet, whichever is less, with an owner occupant on site, and
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satisfying various appearance and performance criteria
related to impacts on adjacent properties
• Mixed -use developments with residences above the street
level in specified areas
• Allow limited demonstration projects such as clustered or
cottage housing
3.2.8 Provide sufficient land for housing of all types, including
government- assisted housing, housing for low - income families,
manufactured housing, multi family housing, and group homes
and foster care facilities, subject to conditions which
appropriately mitigate the various impacts which such housing
potentially creates.
3.2.9 Work with the owners and managers of Tukwila's existing
permanent or long -term low - income housing to maximize its
desirability.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
• Crime -free multi- family housing program.
3.2.10 Review housing regulations and programs regularly to ensure
that housing opportunities for all income levels are available.
Include in regulatory evaluation the range of housing choices,
the densities, and include in the program review the need for
public and private financing to produce housing for various
households by income.
Goal 3.3
An improved housing stock in support of enhanced neighborhood quality.
Policies
3.3.1 Support residential weatherization and rehabilitation
programs with advice from City staff.
3.3.2 Support the maintenance, weatherization, rehabilitation, and
long -term preservation of existing housing for citizens of low
and moderate income.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
• Publicly assisted housing repair program
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• Streamline codes to allow maintenance and upgrades with a
minimum of permits and regulations
• Residential street programs
3.3.3 Continue to improve rental housing.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
• Enforce the International Property Maintenance Code
• Rehabilitation and weatherization programs for rental units
3.3.4 Ensure that residential neighborhood infill and redevelopment
is not hampered because of inadequate water, sewer, storm
water management, and streets.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
• Sewer policy and plan that prioritizes replacing septic tanks
with sewers without creating undue financial hardship.
• Water policy and plan that ensures adequate water quality,
pressure and quantity is provided without forcing residents
out of their housing.
• Stormwater water policy that places high priority on
solving existing residential areas problems.
• Residential street program.
Goal 3.4
A full range of housing for persons in all stages of life.
Policies
3.4.1 Develop housing design standards for special populations that
reflect the different demands generated for their different types
of housing, such as increased inside - recreation needs.
3.4.2 Assist in providing residents of the community with the human
services and transportation they need in order to avail
themselves of housing opportunities.
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Goal 3.5
Improved neighborhood quality by reducing the transient nature of
neighborhoods.
Policy
3.5.1 Increase long -term residency in the City.
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
• Neighborhood focal points
• Public spaces
• Design guidelines
• Crime -free multi - family housing program
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