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comprehensive plans, the Goal ioamechanism for participants ofthe Livable Communities Act toshow their commitment and effort to produce affordable and life -cycle housing. With their Goal expressing a desire to expand housing choices, the LCA-participating communities are aided and rewarded by access to the LCAfundin8 discussed on page 104. The two measures are products of different legislation with different purposes and requirements. One of the desired outcomes of this Housing Policy Plan is to improve the understanding of the roles of these measures in the regional housing conversation. Council actions • Enter into Goal negotiations with communities with the intent that communities feel more ownership over their negotiated G08|S. • Improve understanding of the difference between the Need and Goal measures. Housing Performance Scores (the Score) The Council currently uses Housing Performance Scores (the Score) to give priority for funding tocommunities that are maintaining or expanding their supply 0faffordable housing and using fiscal, planning, and regulatory tools to promote affordable housing. The Council uses the Score intwo of its three LCA programs to reward high -scoring communities that have a clear and demonstrable commitment to provide affordable housing options. Local Housing Performance Scores also constitute 7% 0fthe total points available in the 2014 round of the Regional Solicitation for Transportation Funding. At the same time, the Council assists affordable housing development in cities struggling with housing performance. The Council gives preference to cities having lower Housing Performance Scores in funding decisions for the Local Housing Incentives Account, which has funded more than one-third of the affordable units funded through the Livable Communities Act programs. Furthermore, when communities with lower Housing Performance Scores apply for Livable Communities Demonstration Account funding for projects that help meet their affordable and life -cycle housing goa|, proposals are held harmless by assigning the higher of the community's actual Score or the average Scores from all proposals being evaluated. The Housing Performance Scores are the legacy of Policy 39 from the Council's 1985 Housing Development Guide. Policy 39 indicated: "|n reviewing applications for funds, the Metropolitan Council will recommend priority in funding based on the local government's provision of housing opportunities for people with low and moderate incomes, and its plans Three: Council Policies and Roles toExpand Viable Housing Options