Community and Regional Planning Program
Date of this Version
11-17-2023
Citation
A professional project presented to the faculty of the Graduate College at the University of Nebraska in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Community and Regional Planning, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 17, 2023
Advisory Committee:
Professor Zhenghong Tang (Chair)
Professor Yunwoo Nam
Professor Abigail Cochran
Client:
City of Tukwila, Washington, United States
Nancy Eklund, AICP, Long-Range Planning Manager
Abstract
The housing crisis within the Pacific Northwest of the United States has prompted action from Washington legislators, resulting in Governor Inslee identifying housing as a key priority and the legislature passing a number of forward-thinking bills in the last half decade, requiring the allocation of more resources, and asking more of jurisdictions to address current housing needs and anticipated future growth. Layered within the planning efforts for future growth are concerns and considerations for the potential of new housing development to perpetuate and exacerbate societal inequities built on discriminatory housing policies and practices of generations past and present. In an effort to avoid racially disparate impacts in housing in the City of Tukwila, Washington, this project analyzes past and current policies and practices of the city and region, and suggests policy changes to minimize and attempt to undo racially disparate impacts, displacement, and exclusion in housing. In attempting to undo past harms and mitigate any future potential unintended consequences in housing policies jurisdictions such as Tukwila must be more active in understanding their current housing markets and adopt policies that protect their most vulnerable residents, while incentivizing production of a variety of new housing types.
Advisory Committee:
Professor Zhenghong Tang (Chair)
Professor Yunwoo Nam
Professor Abigail Cochran
Client:
City of Tukwila, Washington, United States
Nancy Eklund, AICP, Long-Range Planning Manager
Included in
Inequality and Stratification Commons, Social Justice Commons, Social Welfare Commons, Urban, Community and Regional Planning Commons, Urban Studies Commons, Urban Studies and Planning Commons
Comments
Copyright 2023, Neil Tabor