Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/27/2018

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Housing & Economic Development should prompt readjustment of the formula; • The Council should use a methodology that incorporates data accumulated by individual cities and not limited to census driven or policy driven growth projections; • The formula should be adjusted to better reflect the balance and breadth of existing subsidized and naturally occurring affordable housing stocks; and • The Council should work with local governments through an appeals process in order to resolve any local issues and concerns with respect to the need allocations. 3-F Housing Performance Scores The Metropolitan Council calculates a city's housing performance score annually. Scores are determined using an annual city survey as well as Council data. The Council uses city Housing Performance Scores when scoring the Regional Solicitation for federal transportation points and the Council's Livable Communities grant programs. Cities may review their own as well as other cities' Housing Performance Scores periodically to gauge recent activity on affordable housing preservation and new construction. Metro Cities supports Housing Performance Score criteria that recognize varying local resource capacities, tools, programs and policies to support housing production and the market nature of housing development, and that do not limit cities to a prescriptive list of tools and policies. The criteria for determining the score should adequately recognize the current tools, policies and resources employed by local governments. Metro Cities supports a process for local governments to review, comment on and appeal preliminary Housing Performance Scores as well as provide additional information to be used in calculating the scores. Metro Cities supports a consistent schedule for sending the annual housing production survey to cities. In considering Housing Performance Score uses and criteria: • The Council should engage in a periodic review of the formula; • Any proposed new or expanded uses or programs in which the Housing Performance Scores would be used should be reviewed by local officials; and • The Council should recognize market factors such as downward economic cycles when setting timelines and look backs in calculating recent affordable housing production. 3-G State Role in Housing The state must be an active participant in providing funding for housing, including direct 2018 Legislative Policies 23