HomeMy WebLinkAbout050718 Affordable Housing Week1! Denis Law Mayor
Proclamation
Whereas, all people should have access to safe, healthy, and affordable homes within
communities of opportunity; 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 nearby suburbs and rural areas; and
Whereas, the most recent Point In Time Count found 1,102 people in our community sleeping
outdoors without shelter in January of this year, and 5,795 families are considered "housing
insecure," because they are spending more than half of their income on rent and utilities; and
Whereas, there were 506 students identified as homeless during the 2015-2016 school year by
the Renton School District; 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 Association of Washington Cities determined that enhancing efforts to address
housing shortages and affordability was a critical priority for the 2018 Legislative Session; and
Whereas, united in an effort to raise public awareness, communities throughout King County are
participating in local Affordable Housing Week efforts to inform the public of the critical need to
preserve and increase affordable housing in our communities; and
Whereas, the City of Renton endorses the goals, objectives, and purposes of Affordable Housing
Week, and in doing so, recommits to ensuring that our community thrives with opportunity, and
that all people in it live with dignity in safe, healthy, and affordable homes;
Now, therefore, I, Denis Law, Mayor of the City of Renton, do hereby proclaim the week of
May 14-18, 2018, to be
Affiorda6fe .�Cousing Week
in the City of Renton, and I encourage all citizens to join me in this special obsen
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the
Cit enton to be affixed this 7th day of May, 2018.
Denis Law, Mayor
City of Renton, Washington
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