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Attachment A <br />~~ <br />CITY OF <br />FALCON HEIGHTS <br />2077 W. LARPENTEUR AVENUE FALCON HEIGHTS, MN 55113-5594 PHONE (612) 644-5050 FAX (612) 644-8675 <br /> <br />September 6, 1991 <br />TO: Mayor and Council Members <br />FROM: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator <br />RE: Report on a Housing Code <br />I. INTRODUCTION <br />Historically most older, larger cities enforce a housing <br />code. It is only in recent years that mature, suburban <br />cities are adopting housing codes to protect the stability of <br />their residential neighborhoods and the condition of their <br />housing stock. Given the inner-ring suburban location of <br />Falcon Heights, the age of its housing and the large number <br />of multi-family housing units, it is timely for the city to <br />consider a housing code as one way to retain its attractive, <br />stable neighborhoods. <br />The City of Falcon Heights' draft comprehensive plan includes <br />the adoption of a housing policy because most of the city's <br />housing is forty years old. The city's housing may become <br />more vulnerable to deterioration due to age as well as <br />increasing competition in the housing market. The drop in <br />demand currently experienced in the rental housing market may <br />result in more vacancies, lower rents and, therefore, less <br />maintenance by landlords. (See Attachment 1). The predicted <br />decline in the first time homeowner market may reduce housing <br />turnover and housing values in the city if it is not kept <br />attractive, desirable and competitive with newer structures. <br />Although the introduction of a housing code cannot offset the <br />effects of major real estate swings, it can provide a <br />mechanism for conserving the city's existing housing. <br />II.PURPOSE <br />The purpose of a housing code is aptly summarized in the City <br />of Vadnais Heights' housing maintenance code. <br />. to protect the public health, safety and general <br />welfare of the people of the city . <br /> <br />7nEE an i:s~ <br />HOME OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND THE U OF M INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE <br />PRINTED ON RECYC_ED PAPER <br />