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