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Home My WebLink About101220 Affordable Housing WeekArmondoPavoneMayorWhereas,allpeopleshouldhaveaccesstosafe,healthy,andaffordablehomeswithincommunitiesofopportunity;andW’fiereas,,theUSDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment(HUD)definesaffordablehousingas“theoccupantispayingnomorethan30percentofgrossincomeforhousingcosts,includingutilities”;andW’ñereas,themostrecentPointInTimeCountfound1,115peopleinourregionofKingCountysleepingoutdoorswithoutshelterinJanuaryofthisyear,and5,840familiesinRentonareconsidered“housinginsecure,”becausetheywerespendingmorethanhalfoftheirincomeonrentandutilities;andW’fiereas,theCOVID-19pandemichasexacerbatedmanyexistingfinancialconstraintsforlow-andmoderate-incomehouseholds;andWhereas,GovernorInsleehasextendedaresidentialevictionmoratoriumthroughOctober15,2020topreventfamiliesandindividualsfromlosingtheirhousingduetonon-payment;andWhereas,housingstabilityandstayingsociallydistantfromthoseoutsideofourhouseholdhasbecomeourstate’scorepublichealthstrategy;andWhereas,everyonebenefitsfromaffordablehousing,includingthepeoplewhoresideintheseproperties,theirneighbors,businesses,employers,andthecommunityasawhole;andW’ñereas,theneedforaffordablehomesacrossKingCountypriortotheCOVID-19pandemicandthenumberofpeopleexperiencinghomelessnesshadremainedatcrisislevels;and‘Whereas,people,organizations,andcommunitiesthroughoutKingCountyareparticipatinginlocalAffordableHousingWeektoelevatethecriticalneedtopreserveandincreaseaffordablehousinginourcommunities;andW’fiereas,theCityofRentonendorsesthegoals,objectives,andpurposesofAffordableHousingWeek,andrecommitsitselftoensuringthatourcommunityrecoversequitablefromthecrisesathand,andthatallpeoplelivewithdignityinsafe,healthy,andaffordablehomes;Wow,therefore,I,ArmondoPavone,MayoroftheCityofRenton,doherebyproclaimOctober12-16,2020,tobe)lfforéaôteJiousingWeeiQintheCityofRenton,andIencourageallmembersofthecommunitytojoinmeinthisspecialobservation.A1A.InwitnesswhereofIhavehereuntosetmyhandandcausedthesealoftheyofRentontobeaffixedthis12thdayofOctober,2020.ArmPavone,MayorCityofRenton,WashingtonProciamationRentonCityHaIl,7thFloor1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.rentonw