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'1 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />CASE # <br /> <br />i METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT <br /> By: Ryan R. Schroeder, City Administrator <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />During the 1995 session, the State legislature passed a new initiative known as the <br />Metropolitan Livable Communities Act. This law requires that each community within <br />Metropolitan Council jurisdiction be allocated affordable and life-cycle housing goals. The <br />cities are then hsked to agree to work toward accomplishment of those goals. <br /> <br />The housing goals address percentage of affordable owner and rental units relative to the <br />other housing~ stock. They also speak to development density and percentage of single <br />family versus inultifamily housing. <br /> <br />Each sector ir~' the Metropolitan Area has different housing goals. The goals vary in direct <br />relationship tO the affordability that currently exists. This has been a very controversial <br />element of thb Act. The reason is that the areas that have the highest percentages of <br />affordable hoCsing (i.e., Anoka County communities) tend to have higher thresholds than <br />more affluent!communities (i.e. Eden Prairie and Chaska et al). Many Northern Metro <br />officials hav~ seen this as blatantly unfair and exacerbating an already inappropriate <br />affordability pattern. <br /> <br />The housing goals for the Metro Area and for Ramsey are as follows: <br /> <br />: 1990 Single Multi- <br /> 1994 % of % of % of Family family <br /> Homestead Rentals Non. ~ ~ <br />Developing below below style % (Units/ (Units/ <br />Suburbs $115.000 $500 Family Rental acre) acre~ <br /> <br />NW of Mpls. <br /> <br />69-77% 35-41% 34-35% 25-28%__J. Xl~2.1_ 10-11 <br /> <br />69-87% 35-50% 33-35% 25-25% 1.9-2.3 10-13 <br /> <br />N. of St. Paull <br /> <br />NE of St.' <br />Paul <br /> <br />SE of St. Paul <br /> <br />S. of St. Paul <br /> <br />S. of Mpls. <br /> <br />SW of Mpls <br /> <br />Ramsey target <br />Current <br /> <br />68-69% 35-48% 35-36% 25-36% 1.8-1.9 lq-12 <br />69-74% 35-52% 29-35% 23-25% 1.9-2.2 10-13 <br /> <br />69-74% 35-48% 26-35% 19-25% 1.9-2.0 8-10 <br />69-70% 35-40% 35-38% 25-28% 1.9-2.1 10 <br />64-69% 32-35% 35-38% 25-30% 1.9-2.3 10-11 <br />60-69% 35-37% 35-37% 25-33% 1.8-1.9 10-14 <br /> <br />69 - 87% 35 - 50% 33 - 35% 25% 1.9 - 2.3 10- 13 <br /> <br /> 88% 29% 4% 3% · 8 Unknown <br /> <br /> <br />