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Alliance for Housing Affordability warns Everett housing production lags and cost burdens are rising
Summary
Chris Collier of the Alliance for Housing Affordability briefed the Everett City Council on county and city housing data showing slowed production since 2019, rising ownership costs, apartment construction concentrated 2018–2022, and severe rent cost burden for low-income renters.
Chris Collier, program manager for the Alliance for Housing Affordability, told the Everett City Council that housing production across Snohomish County and within Everett fell after 2019 and that affordability pressures are increasing.
Collier summarized countywide trends showing a 2018–2022 apartment construction boom but a decline in single-family and other ownership construction. "Townhomes are the exclusive alternative to single-family detached homes," Collier said. He warned the council the ownership market requires much higher incomes today…
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