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Periodic Housing Analysis <br />In order to truly understand the long-range impact on city decision -making (including <br />zoning changes, approval of new projects, and the need for programs like rehabilitation <br />loans), a city needs to have a regular and ongoing picture of the housing stock in its <br />community. Therefore, cities are encouraged to conduct a regular housing inventory and <br />analysis, looking at the affordability of both rental and owner -occupied housing and <br />addressing the need for further development of affordable housing in the community. <br />The housing study should look <br />beyond the inventory, however, and <br />include such data points as an <br />examination of areas of concentrated <br />poverty and wealth and <br />renter/homeowner disparities based <br />on racial and familial make up. <br />Links/Resources: <br />• Saint Louis Park, MN 2015 Rental Study - <br />https://www.stlouispark.org/home/showdocument?id=662 <br />• Metropolitan Council, Community Profiles & Existing Housing Assessments- <br />https://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/Default.aspx <br />• American Community Survey, Data Releases - https://www.census.gov/programs- <br />surveys/acs/news/data-releases.html <br />29 <br />