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* Disseminate beat praotoea, model ordinanoea, development guides, and |omd examples <br />to support expanding housing choices through both the Local Planning Handbook and <br />direct technical assistance with local governments. <br />* Offer workshops for local planners on how to expand housing choice through <br />comprehensive planning. <br />* Work with local staff to identify housing development aitea--eapeoia||ythoaethat would <br />address the Need, the Goal, and the Score of that local government —or expand housing <br />choice. <br />* Identify resources to accomplish site assembly or site control, including the development <br />of Requests for Proposals, grant and loan application assistance, and market information. <br />* Provide technical assistance to local governments to create an attractive development <br />environment that minimizes risk for, and builds relationships with, experienced <br />developers. <br />QDveD'0g and pa[f0eri0gto8|8vaft regional housing d'a|QgU8 <br />Aaaregional entity, the Metropolitan Council was formed to address issues that transcend <br />local government boundaries and cannot be adequately addressed by any single <br />governmental unit. The Council will use its regional role to be a convener of regional <br />conversations, both in areas where the Council has statutory authority and around issues <br />with regional significance. The Council can make a significant contribution by identifying the <br />key stakeholders, framing the scope of a conversation, and facilitating the dialogue that will <br />collectively develop regional oraubregiona| solutions. This includes fostering collaboration <br />among cities oramong organizations working onsimilar issues. Topics that have emerged aa <br />priorities for Council convening include: <br />* The intersection 0fhousing policy and 8duC8U0n p0|iCy. <br />* Meaningful, ongoing dialogue around housing topics with historically u Ind errep resented <br />communities such GScommunities 0fcolor, low-income households, people with <br />disabilities, and new immigrants. <br />Council actions toconvene, collaborate, and partner tosupport expanded housing choices <br />* Convene, collaborate, and partner in conversations and visioning sessions to promote <br />housing choice within the region, contemplate innovative policies, programs, orprojects, <br />ortake onchallenging and contentious issues around affordable housing. <br />p Participate in the d8v8|0pnn8n1 of technical 100|S and b8S1 p[8C1iC8S in partnership with <br />other organizations. <br />mThis forecast looks at new households earning less than 80% of AM I and excludes seniors who own their home free and clear <br />and are not cost -burdened. Including those, the number inun,400. <br />40 Affordable home prices are Metropolitan Council staff calculations of the purchase prices at which estimated monthly <br />mortgage payments— including principal, interest, property taxes, and insurance —are no more than 29% of the monthly <br />income for a household of four with the given income. The Council assumed a 3.97% interest rate (the Midwestern average <br />for 2013) and other standard mortgage assumptions: a 3.5% clownpayment, a property tax rate of 1.25% of property sales <br />price, mortgage insurance at 1.35% of unpaid principal, and $100/month for hazard insurance. Household income values are <br />the income limits for 2013 calculated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development based on the median family <br />income for the 13-county Minneapolis -St. Paul -Bloomington metropolitan statistical area. <br />HOUSING POLICY PLAN Three: Council Policies and Roles to Expand Viable Housing Options <br />117 <br />