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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />During the past year, the League of Women Voters of Roseville Area, with members in Falcon Heights, <br />Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood and Roseville conducted a study of affordable housing options in our <br />five cities. The League study coincides with the updating of each city’s comprehensive plan which includes a <br />housing element. Our study looks at current housing situations, including existing gaps, and makes <br />recommendations on planning for the future by providing a full continuum of housing options to increase the <br />overall quality of life for every present and future resident, contributing to a vibrant local economy. <br /> <br />Our research included interviews with regional authorities on affordable housing, engaging a team of <br />University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs graduate students to do a complementary study, <br />and hosting presentations by Wilder Foundation researcher Ellen Shelton and a panel made up of State <br />Representative Alice Hausmann, Dr. Edward Goetz, U. of M. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and John <br />Slade, community organizer for MICHAH. Your packets contain today’s testimony, the results of our research <br />included in a written report, A Place For Us?, and the student study recommendations which are specific to <br />this city and endorsed by the League of Women Voters Roseville Area. <br /> <br />All information can also be accessed on our website, www. LWVRosevilleArea.org, including our written <br />report, the report produced by the University of Minnesota team and a League produced Power Point that <br />defines affordable housing. <br /> <br />I will read the League of Women Voter Roseville Area recommendations for the public to hear. <br /> <br />When updating the housing section of your comprehensive plan we recommend you: <br /> <br />1. Provide for a full range of affordable housing. <br /> <br />2. Preserve and improve existing affordable housing. <br /> <br />3. Consider inclusion of affordable housing when available land is developed. <br /> <br />4. Support incentives to make development/re-development more attractive to developers. <br /> <br />5. License and monitor rental properties. <br /> <br />6. Promote better awareness of linking low income renters to support services. <br /> <br />7. When licensing landlords, urge or require them to list on Housing Link if their units are affordable. <br />We welcome continued dialogue on any points. For additional information, you are also invited to a Council of <br />Metropolitan Leagues sponsored panel on housing from 10:30 a.m. until noon, Saturday, October 21st at <br />Centennial United Methodist Church, County Rd. C2 and Snelling, Roseville. Speakers will be Chip Halbach, <br />MN Housing Partnership; Gail Dorfman, Met Council and St. Stephens Executive Director and Cathy Bennett, <br />Housing Initiative at the Urban Land Institute.