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in all parts of the region.16 At the municipal level, these recommendations are most <br />significant, of course, for communities that contain both high poverty and low poverty <br />areas. <br />A word of caution is in order in applying these concepts to many suburban jurisdictions. <br />For example, an affluent suburban community concluded that concerns over "concentrated <br />poverty" should lead them to reject any and all affordable tax credit developments <br />proposed for their community, in favor of permitting only mixed income developments. <br />This approach effectively prevented the development of any new affordable housing in this <br />community for over a decade, presenting its own kind of fair housing issue.17 <br />Using Housing Investments to Expand Choice for HCV Holders <br />Households with Housing Choice Vouchers (also <br />known as Section 8 vouchers) have an <br />increasingly difficult time locating housing <br />providers that are willing to accept the voucher. <br />Cities can promote greater opportunities for <br />Section 8 households by using their own <br />leverage to ensure Section 8 acceptance by <br />properties which the city has assisted. <br />Minneapolis' Unified Housing Policy provides that all owners of rental housing assisted by <br />the city financially or through the provision of city owned land must accept tenant based <br />voucher assistance, including HCVs, HOME tenant -based assistance, and Group Residential <br />Housing vouchers. The City of Eden Prairie requires that when it issues bonds to finance <br />multifamily projects, the owner shall accept vouchers for between 10 and 30% of the units. <br />16 Addendum to the Regional Analysis of the Impediments to Fair Housing, Recommendations, pg. 221. <br />17 See Minnesota Challenge Report, prepared by the Housing Justice Center. <br />26 <br />