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la/ GENERAL HOUSING GOALS The City of Ramsey supports the following general housing goals: Having a balanced housing supply, with housing available for people at all income levels. The accommodation of all raa~~l~t4e groups in the purchase, sale, rental, and location of housing in the city. · A variety of housing types for people in all stages of the life-cycle. · A community of well-maintained housing and neighborhoods that includes both ownership and rental housing. · Housing development that respects the natural environment of the city while striving to meet the need for a variety of housing types and costs. · The availability of a full range of services and facilities for its residents and the improvement of access to and linkage between housing and employment. · Adding to and preserving the affordable housing in the city. The City of Ramsey will make its best effort, given market conditions and resource availability to maintain a city-housing index within the ranges for affordability, life-cycle, and density. The city will strive to meet the following housing goals: · at least 70 percent of ownership and 35 percent of the rental housing as affordable. · at least 10 percent of the housing as units other than single-family detached within the urban service area. · an owner/renter housing mix of 90 percent owner occupied and 10 percent occupied by renters within the urban service area. · have single-family detached houses with a density of two units per acre and multi-family housing with an average density of at least eight units per acre, applicable to MUSA development. I I I I I I I I I I I I i I' I I I