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<br />11 <br />Implementing Housing Planning <br /> <br />Acreage available for future development is minimal so our inner-ring communities are <br />more likely to focus on redevelopment and rehabilitation. <br /> <br />City Residential <br />Acreage <br />Available for <br />Development <br />Residential <br />Acreage <br />Available for <br />Re-development <br /># Developer <br />-initiated Request <br />for Affordable <br />Housing Builds: <br />5yrs/10yrs. <br />Approved/Denied <br />Falcon <br />Heights <br />1 Unknown 1/1 Approved <br />Lauderdale None None 0/0 <br />Little <br />Canada <br />About 20 <br />acres <br />Hard to Predict Unknown other than <br />senior housing/high <br />% of rental housing <br />available <br />Senior housing <br />approved <br />Maplewood Minimal City doesn’t <br />specify <br />2/Unknown Approved <br />Roseville None 58 acres for <br />high density <br />residential dev. <br />2/4 1 Pending/2 <br />Approved/1 Denied <br />(hinged on <br />significant amt. of <br />subsidy) <br /> <br /> <br />City Programs To Encourage Affordable Housing <br /> <br />There are many ways in which cities can encourage or make it easier for affordable <br />housing to be developed in their communities. We asked if cities: <br />● Require a percentage of affordable units in high density development? <br />● Contribute local financial resources for low income housing? <br />● Reduce/waive building permit and municipal fees? <br />● Identify and acquire sites? <br />● Streamline the administrative process for project approval? <br />● Identify zoning regulations that allow for flexibility in affordable housing development <br />such as parking requirements, design requirements? <br />There are few allowances in place in our cities presently, aside from: <br />● Falcon Heights: Has flexibility in zoning/subdivision codes through a Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD).