HomeMy Public PortalAbout05022023 Affordable Housing WeekPROCLAMATION
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 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, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many existing financial constraints for
low- and moderate -income households, and the need for affordable homes and the number
of people experiencing homelessness has remained at crisis levels; 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, 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 7 to 13, 2023,
as Affordable Housing Week.
Signed this 2" day of May, 2023
Mason Thompson, Mayor