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176 <br />Appendix <br />�� Chronology f Regional <br />| Housing <br />Policy <br />/� <br />/�������� [� ��' �� ���[l [l[�V [l ���[l�� [lU����[� [l ��V �� <br />r.~..�� . /x~..~/~��� ~/ /�~��~..~./ / /~~.^..�� / ~/~� ~...�� <br />|Dlp|eDlenfaf'[ln <br />1967 The legislature creates the Metropolitan Council. <br />1968 The Council adopts regional housing needs in first Metropolitan Development Guide. <br />1971 The Council adopts first regional Housing Policy Plan, which includes acentral <br />goal of suitable, affordable housing for all residents of the region. Through the federal <br />Ar95 review tool, Policy 13 in the Housing Policy Plan directs the Council 10 <br />give funding priority to cities addressing low- and moderate -income housing needs. <br />1972 The Council adopts first affordable housing allocation plan and calls for increases <br />in affordable housing supply without specifying numerical housing needs for <br />1973 The Council updates the Housing Policy Plan to include a low- and moderate -income <br />allocation plan with numerical housing needs for Minneapolis and St. Paul as well <br />as for subsector groupings of suburban communities. <br />1974 The legislature authorizes the Council to exercise the authorities of a housing <br />and redevelopment authority, and the Metropolitan Housing and Redevelopment <br />Authority (Metro HRA) begins. <br />1975 Thirteen communities request the Metro HRA to administer the new federal Section 8 <br />tenant -based housing in their communities. By 2014, the Metro HRA administers <br />Section 8for nearly 100 communities providing homes toapproximately 0'2OO <br />households. <br />1970 The legislature passes the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (MLPA) requiring each <br />municipality to prepare local comprehensive plan that includes a housing element <br />and implementation plan for meeting low- and moderate -income housing needs. <br />1977 The affordable housing allocation in the policy plan is revised to include specific <br />numerical low- and moderate -income housing needs for each municipality. <br />Policy 13 is renumbered Policy 39 and strengthened with performance criteria. <br />1978 The Council and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities (now W1etroCides) <br />jointly develop land use advisory standards for single- and multifamily homes <br />to encourage communities to voluntarily examine their land use ordinances and <br />consider adopting the advisory standards to increase opportunity for construction of <br />unouboidizedaffordable homes. <br />Appendices <br />