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criteria should only Eo back to the community and not be included as part of the official review comments. Influences of the Market Place on Cost and T~pe of Housing: A major goal of the Metropolitan Council over the years has been to promote more affordable housinE and more locational houstn£ choices for persons of moderate and low incomes. The AMM has supported that Eoal and continues to do so. The Housing Guide Chapter and the associated re¥iews based on the Guide Chapter conducted by the Council of local projects and proposals is the major tool used by the Council to implement this Eoal. It is important therefore, that the Council's HousinE Guide Chapter and re¥iew procedures and process be considered creditable by local officials. The AMM by and larEe, aEroes with most elements in the HousinE Guide Chapter but also believes it has major deficiencies. The information and Euidelines contained in the Chapter and consequently some of the recommendations simply do not reflect the "real world" in terms of the effect of the market place on types, styles, sizes, etc. of the housinE heine produced at any EiYen point in time. City officials just do not haYe as much authority and control oYer the cost and type of housinE heine produced as implied and assumed in the HousinE Guide Chapter and; therefore, the Council's recommendations may not be perceiYed as creditable. If recommendations are not perceiYed as creditable, they may be iEnored. Recommendation: That a section discussinE the impacts and role ~lace on housinE type, style and costs, etc. be added to the Housing Guide Chapter. 3. Life Cycle Rousin~ and AlternatiYes.. One of the major thrusts of the re¥isions to the HousinE Guide Chapter is to promote more attached and multifamily housinE and other alternatiYe types of housinE within the metropolitan area and within each community. The implied assumption is that more affordable housinE will then be aYailable and Ereater looational choice present. The thrust of the revisions is that each and every community must haYe a complete assortment of life cycle housinE types and housinE alternatives. The AMM aErees with the general concept that attached and multifamily housinE is more affordable althouEh there are a lot of exceptions because of market place influences. The AMM also supports the concept that more "life cycle" housing is needed within the metropolitan area. The AMM does not agree in the literal sense, howeYer, that each and every community must have eYery type of life cycle housing. The AMM does not belieYe this is either practical or necessary or eYen possible because of the market place influence- Since this is a Yery mobile area with -3-