Early look at key housing, climate, and social equity policies for King County Comprehensive Plan Update

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King County is sharing the early concepts of proposals for the 2024 Comprehensive Plan, a 20-year plan that guides people live, work, and play in unincorporated communities (places outside of city limits). We want to hear from you — via email, a short feedback survey, or at a virtual town hall meeting — on whether these proposals are headed in the right direction.  

The overview document below provides a high-level summary of the specific actions King County is considering to address social equity, affordable housing, and climate change in our region. Some highlights include: 

• Strategies to mitigate cultural, economic, and residential displacement in unincorporated area communities 
• Proposals to allow "middle housing" types and “inclusionary housing” in unincorporated area communities 
• Plans to manage and reduce wildfire risk and extreme heat made worse by climate change
• Strategies to phase out fossil fuel usage in buildings and improve transportation equity
• Updates to critical area regulations and Four-to-One program and Transfer of Development Rights program
• Limited zoning changes on Vashon-Maury Island
• Development of the Snoqualmie Valley/Northeast King County Community Service Area Subarea Plan, including potential land use and zoning changes 

Virtual town hall meetings

There will be two opportunities in February to learn more about these proposals at a virtual town hall meeting. Please click on the links below for more information. These meetings will be held on: 

• Thursday, February 9, 2023 (6-8:30 p.m.)
• Thursday, February 16, 2023 (6-8:30 p.m.)

Learn more

King County will use the results of public feedback to guide the refinement of these proposals for the Public Review Draft of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan, which will be available for public review and comment in June 2023, along with a State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Draft Environmental Impact Statement.  

The County will also be working with an Equity Work Group that is comprised of community members that are supporting the plan update, including reviewing the results of this feedback. The group will help ensure that the experiences of those who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrants, refugees, and/or living with low incomes are centered in the final proposals. Additional opportunities for public review of and feedback on the 2024 Update will also occur as part of King County Council review of the proposals throughout 2024.