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Housing & Economic Development <br /> • Absent significant resources to assist cities, the Met Council will not hold cities <br /> responsible if a city cannot meet its affordable housing need number and the <br /> Met Council will reassess biennially the range of needs to recognize the <br /> deficiency; <br /> • The Metropolitan Council,with input by local government representatives, <br /> should examine the allocation of need methodology with respect to the <br /> relationship between the regional allocation and the local share of the need. The <br /> formula should also be routinely evaluated to determine if market conditions <br /> have changed or if underlying conditions should prompt readjustment of the <br /> formula; <br /> • The Council should use a methodology that incorporates data accumulated by <br /> individual cities and not limited to census driven or policy driven growth <br /> projections; <br /> • The formula should be adjusted to better reflect the balance and breadth of <br /> existing subsidized and naturally occurring affordable housing stocks; and <br /> • The Council should work with local governments through an appeals process in <br /> order to resolve any local issues and concerns with respect to the need <br /> allocations. <br /> 3-F Housing Performance Scores <br /> The Metropolitan Council calculates a city's housing performance score annually. Scores <br /> are determined using an annual city survey as well as Council data. The Council uses city <br /> Housing Performance Scores when scoring two grant programs -the Regional <br /> Solicitation for federal transportation points and the Council's Livable Communities <br /> grant programs. <br /> Any exploration of additional areas or programs in which the Council would seek to use <br /> the Housing Performance Score should be considered with the input of local officials. <br /> Metro Cities supports Housing Performance Score criteria that recognize the <br /> variation in local resource capacities, tools, programs and policies for cities to <br /> support housing production and the market nature of housing development, and <br /> that does not limit cities to a prescriptive list of tools and policies. The criteria for <br /> determining the score should adequately recognize the current tools, policies and <br /> resources employed by local governments. <br /> Metro Cities supports a process for local governments to review, comment on and <br /> appeal preliminary Housing Performance Scores as well as provide additional <br /> information to be used in calculating the scores. <br /> 2017 Legislative Policies 24 <br />