The Everett Housing Production Plan (HPP) is a community and data-driven process to plan for the future of housing in Everett. The plan will provide information about the types of homes needed in Everett, how to support residents with their housing goals and challenges, and local policies for the City to consider. A special focus of this plan is to prevent displacement by ensuring Everett residents’ needs are met so they do not need to look elsewhere for housing. The City has hired the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to provide technical assistance to complete the HPP. Together, the City, MAPC, an Advisory Committee, and community partners will work to set the vision and direction of housing policy in Everett for the next five years.

The Everett HPP will meet all the requirements of a Housing Production Plan. Through this process, we will work to expand and diversify Everett’s housing stock while also increasing affordability for people at a range of incomes. The City will use this plan to raise awareness of housing need in the community, connect with and learn from historically marginalized populations, advance zoning amendments, and implement other strategies to meet housing need and demand. As strategies are implemented, it is expected that housing opportunity in Everett will be both expanded, and the risk of displacement will be reduced. The plan will also guide the City as to where to direct resources to accomplish these goals.

Have questions? Want to get involved? Contact Alex Koppelman, Senior Regional Housing and Land Use Planner at MAPC ([email protected]), Matthew S. Lattanzi, Esq. at [email protected], Everett Director of Planning and Development, and Cathy Draine, Everett Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at [email protected].