HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2023-12-14 ITEM 7.1 - DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT - STAFF MEMORANDUMTO:
FROM:
BY:
DATE:
Department of Community Development - No Gierloff, AICP, Director
Tukwila Planning Commission
Nora Gierloff, AICP, DCD Director
Nancy Eklund, AICP & Neil Tabor, AICP
December 14, 2023
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
SUBJECT: Draft Housing Element - Briefing
ISSUE
This agenda item is to brief the Planning Commission at their December 14, 2023, meeting on
the proposed update of the Housing Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan.
UPDATES IN HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
Tukwila's Comprehensive Plan Update will be reviewed at the State, Regional, and County levels
to ensure that it complies with all requirements of these three bodies before being voted on for
adoption by the City Council. Each review body has required components and policy language
that must be included in the update to be approved by the reviewing body. Staff has been
working to integrate new requirements into Planning Commission presentations and the
Element updates to ensure compliance.
In addition to many of the changes in policy updates required since the last comprehensive plan
update, many new legislative actions have been taken at the state level that should be
supported in the comprehensive plan update. Some of the most pertinent to housing include:
• HB 1110: Allowing middle housing in residential zones;
• HB 1220: Supporting emergency shelters and housing through local planning and
development regulations;.
• HB 1337: Reducing limitations on Accessory Dwelling Units; and
• HB 1293: Streamlining development regulations.
Major update areas related to required land use and housing policies include:
• Racially disparate impacts;
• Emphasizing housing growth around transit and regional centers;
• Housing affordable to different AMI levels; and
• Updating the design review process
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INFORMATIONAL MEMO
Draft Housing Element - Briefing
December 14, 2023
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Examples of King County policies around these topics can be seen below:
• H-9 Collaborate with populations most disproportionately impacted by housing cost
burden in developing, implementing, and monitoring strategies that achieve the goals of
this chapter.
• H-10 Adopt intentional, targeted actions that repair harms to Black, Indigenous, and
other People of Color households from past and current racially exclusive and
discriminatory land use and housing practices. Promote equitable outcomes in
partnership with communities most impacted.
• H-11 Adopt policies, incentives, strategies, actions, and regulations that increase the
supply of long-term income -restricted housing for extremely low-, very low-, and low-
income households and households with special needs.
• H-14 Prioritize the use of local and regional resources (e.g., funding, surplus property)
for income -restricted housing, particularly for extremely low-income households,
populations with special needs, and others with disproportionately greater housing
needs. Consider projects that promote access to opportunity, anti -displacement, and
wealth building for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities to support
implementation of policy H-10.
• H-16 Expand the supply and range of housing types, including affordable units, at
densities sufficient to maximize the benefits of transit investments throughout the
county.
• H-17 Support the development and preservation of income -restricted affordable
housing that is within walking distance to planned or existing high -capacity and frequent
transit.
For more information on housing element requirements please see the 10/26/23 Planning
Commission Packet.
Attachments:
• Draft 2024 Housing Element
• 2015 Housing Element