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Housing Policies Draft (4-2-18) Page 2 <br /> <br />• Continue to seek opportunities to work with existing multi-family building owners to <br />improve property condition, maintenance, and re-investment to maintain value and <br />encourage long-term residency. <br /> <br />• Continue to monitor public safety issues throughout the City, and take aggressive, pro- <br />active steps to avoid conditions that may lead to deterioration and unsafe neighborhood <br />environments. <br /> <br />• Continue the City’s rental housing monitoring, through licensing, inspection, and <br />cooperative programming, with the objective of improving residential living <br />environments. <br /> <br />Mobile Home Parks <br />• Maintain communication with Mobile Home Park ownership to ensure residents’ access <br />to safe housing. <br /> <br />• Provide opportunities to Mobile Home Park owners and residents to continue the existing <br />land use as developed in a safe and healthy environment. <br /> <br />• Carefully consider requests for change to Mobile Home Park land uses, and ensure that <br />any such change is consistent with the City’s Land Use Plans and neighboring land use <br />patterns. <br /> <br />Affordable Housing <br />• Acknowledge the City’s significant historical role in the provision of affordable housing <br />options in the Ramsey County suburban area. <br /> <br />• Acknowledge the City’s need to address the Metropolitan Council’s significant increase <br />in employment forecasts for the City prior to converting non-residential land to housing. <br /> <br />• Continue the City’s policy of protecting infill areas for land uses reflecting their historical <br />zoning, rather than converting them to higher densities. <br /> <br />• Work with surrounding jurisdictions to meet the larger Ramsey County community’s <br />need for affordable housing development. <br /> <br />• To the extent that affordable housing is proposed in properly located areas, ensure that <br />residents are provided attractive living environments and amenities, and that livability is <br />not sacrificed for “affordability”.