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Re: Comments on the Kittitas County 2026 Comprehensive Plan update <br />March 2, 2026 <br />Page 7 <br />plan, and the county development regulations,14 to: "(d) Make[] adequate <br />provisions for existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the <br />community, including: (i) Incorporating consideration for low, very low, <br />extremely low, and moderate -income households[.]" "`Extremely low-income <br />household' means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together <br />whose adjusted income is at or below 30 percent of the median household income <br />adjusted for household size ..."�5 "`Very low-income household' means a single <br />person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at <br />or below 50 percent of the median household income adjusted for household size <br />»16 "`Low-income household' means a single person, family, or unrelated <br />persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below 8o percent of the <br />median household income adjusted for household size ....1117 "Moderate -income <br />household" means a single person, family, or unrelated persons living together <br />whose adjusted income is at or below 120 percent of the median household income <br />adjusted for household size ...."18 <br />It is important to analyze housing needs and capacity by these categories because <br />different housing types and different levels of subsidies and incentives are needed <br />to fund housing affordable to families in the different income categories.19 So <br />Table 4-2 should be broken out by the income categories in RCW 36.7oA.O7O(2)(c) <br />and (d).2O <br />Table 4-2 on page 81 should only including housing types documented to be <br />affordable for the various income categories as planned affordable housing. <br />RCW 36.7oA.070(2)(c) requires the county comprehensive plan, and the county <br />development regulations,21 to "[i]dentif[y] sufficient capacity of land for housing <br />14 RCW 36.7oA.130(i)(a), (e). <br />15 RCW 36.7oA.030(18). <br />16 RCW 36.7oA.030(50). <br />17 RCW 36.7oA.030(26). <br />18 RCW 36.7oA.030(30). <br />�9 Washington States Department of Commerce, Local Government Division Growth Management <br />Services, Guidance for Updating Your Housing Element: Updating your housing element to address <br />new requirements P. 36 (Aug. 2023, updated Jan. 2026) last accessed on Feb. 26, 2026, at: <br />https://www.commerce.wa.gov/growth-management/housing-planning/housing-guidance/ and <br />available at the link on the last page of this letter with the filename: "122o_Book2_Housing <br />Element Update_230823 Final updated 26o112.pdf." <br />21 Futurewise, Kian Bradley, and Trevor Reed v. City of Mercer Island, Central Puget Sound Region <br />Growth Management Hearings Board (CPSRGMHB) Case No. 25-3-0003, Final Decision and Order <br />(Aug. 1, 2025) at 23 - 25 of 67 last accessed on Feb. 18, 2026, at: <br />https:/ /eluh02O22.my. site.com/casemanager/s/eluho- <br />document/aoTeg00000ni6fREAQ/2o25o8o1-final-decision-and-order. <br />21 RCW 36.7oA.130(i)(a), (e). <br />L <br />