HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-05-08 Proclamation - Affordable Housing Week
WHEREAS, all people should have access to safe, healthy, and affordable homes within communities that
provide opportunity; and
WHEREAS, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines affordable housing as
“housing on which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs,
including utilities.”; and
WHEREAS, studies have found that each $100 increase in median rent results in a 15% increase in
homelessness in metro areas and a 39% increase in homelessness in nearby suburbs and rural areas; and
WHEREAS, there were Tukwila School District students identified as homeless during the 2021-22 school
year; and
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing financial constraints for low- and
moderate-income households; and
WHEREAS, everyone benefits from affordable housing, including the people who reside in these
properties, their neighbors, businesses, employers, and the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the need for affordable homes across King County and the number of people experiencing
homelessness remain at crisis levels; and
WHEREAS, to raise public awareness, people, organizations, and communities throughout King County are
participating in local Affordable Housing Week activities to elevate the critical need to create healthy
communities with ample affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tukwila endorses the goals, objectives, and purposes of Affordable Housing Week,
and in doing so, firmly recommits itself to ensuring that our community’s recovery from the crises at hand
is equitable, and that all people in Tukwila have the ability to live with dignity in safe, healthy, and
affordable homes;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Allan Ekberg, Mayor of the City of Tukwila, do hereby proclaim May 8 – 14, 2022 as:
Affordable Housing Week
in the City of Tukwila and encourage all community residents to join me in recognizing this special
observance.
Signed this second day of May, 2022.
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Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Office of the Mayor
City of Tukwila, Washington PROCLAMATION