King County Benchmarks

Affordable Housing 2004

Note: The King County Benchmarks, Affordable Housing 2004 report is available for viewing in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF). You will need to have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view the report file. You can download a free copy of the Acrobat Reader here or visit the Adobe Web site to get more information (both are external links).

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King County Benchmarks, Affordable Housing 2004
—complete document, including maps: 2.33Mb PDF file
—smaller document, no maps (see maps below): 724Kb PDF file

The individual indicator links below will download and open the smaller PDF file, which does not include the two maps. If Acrobat Reader runs inside of your browser window, the file should open directly to the specified indicator. (Otherwise, simply navigate within the document using the Acrobat Reader controls.) Each of the maps is available as a separate PDF file.

• Indicator 21: Supply and Demand for Rental Housing
• Indicator 22: Percent of Income Paid for Housing
• Indicator 23: Homelessness
• Indicator 24: Home Purchase Affordability Gap
• Indicator 25: Home Ownership Rates
• Map: Rental Housing Affordability by City (531Kb PDF)
• Map: Home Sale Affordability by City (1.12Mb PDF)
• Indicator 26: Apartment Vacancy Rate
• Indicator 27: Trend of Housing Costs vs. Income
• Indicator 28: Public Dollars Spent for Low Income Housing
• Indicator 29: Housing Affordability by City

Data Sources

Contact Information

Printed copies of the Benchmark Reports or information about the Benchmark Program are available from:

Lisa Voight, Benchmark Program Manager
King County Office of Management and Budget
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 296-3464 or via e-mail at lisa.voight@kingcounty.gov

Updated: January 19, 2005

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