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andprogrannatoprovideauohhouaingoppodunhieainthefuture.~Po|ioy39vvaaitaelfthe legacy of the previous Policy 13, which leveraged the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-95 review that required the Council to review, evaluate, and coordinate projects in the region that were applying for federal funding. Note, however, that President Ronald Rea8an'eExecutive Order 12372in1982eliminated the A-95review process. Local governments use a variety of tools to encourage affordable housing. These range from providing local funding to affordable housing projects to granting flexibility in zoning to reduce the cost ofhousing development. Emerging from this Housing Policy Plan will be a new set of scoring criteria the Council will use to develop local Scores annually. This methodology replaces the Guidelines for Housing Performance developed in2002and updated in2012. The goals ofthe revisions tothe Housing Performance Scores are to: p Better recognize local variations intheir fiscal, technical, and human resource capacity, existing built environments, cost and availability of land, and existing level of developer interest. * Provide all cities and townships a real possibility of achieving high Housing Performance Scores if they are active in providing affordable housing or related services. * Make the scoring process more transparent. * Minimize the administrative burden on cities by leveraging information from sources such 8Sapplications t0the Consolidated Request for Proposals and county housing investments. The Council expects that these refinements to the Scores will lead to both a better ability to evaluate local performance on expanding affordable housing and also a greater opportunity to help cities connect tools, ideas, and resources with development opportunities, potential partners, and alarger pool offunding and technical options. CoUnCi|GCt0ns • Use the approach outlined above and detailed in a separate policy to calculate Housing Performance Scores annually. * Discontinue the calculation of county Housing Performance Scores and embed county activities into city and township Housing Performance Scores. * Review the methodology for the calculation of the Housing Performance Scores every two years, starting in2010. * Implement the transition from the 2002 Housing Performance Scores methodology to the 2015 Housing Performance Scores methodology with a hold harmless that no city will receive 82015score lower than 80960fthe average 0ftheir 2010-2014Housing Performance Scores. p Use the mechanism of collecting data for the Housing Performance Scores to refer jurisdictions to best practices, technical tools, and funding opportunities. * Institutionalize local government review and comment on their preliminary Housing Performance Scores and create a formal structure for local governments to provide the Council additional information. HOUSING POLICY PLAN Three: Council Policies and Roles to Expand Viable Housing Options