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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 “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, 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 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and
the number of people experiencing homelessness has remained at crisis levels; and
WHEREAS, united 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 Bothell endorses the goals, objectives, and purposes of Affordable Housing
Week, and in doing so, firmly recommits itself to ensuring and that all people in Bothell live with
dignity in safe, healthy, and affordable homes;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Mason Thompson, do hereby proclaim the week of May 8 to 14, 2022, as
Affordable Housing Week.
Signed this 10th day of May, 2022
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Mason Thompson, Mayor
Mason Thompson (May 10, 2022 12:35 PDT)
Mason Thompson