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HED-3 INCLUSIONARY HOUSING <br />•Providing information, encouraging and incentivizing participation in the Section 8 <br />Housing Choice Voucher program to landlords; <br />•Working with developers and residents to blend affordable housing into new and <br />existing neighborhoods, including locations with access to amenities and services; <br />•Working with the state and Metropolitan Council to recognize the relationship <br />between housing and mobility options, including transit and pedestrian routes; <br />•Periodically examining local requirements, policies and review processes to <br />determine their impacts on the construction of affordable housing; <br />•Considering criteria under which a city may change its fee structure in support of <br />additional affordable housing; <br />•Supporting housing options that meet a city’s current and future demographics, <br />including family size, age, mobility, and ability levels; <br />•Supporting housing design that is flexible, accessible and usable for residents with <br />varied abilities at multiple stages of life; <br />•Supporting housing with supportive services for people with disabilities; <br />•Employing innovative strategies to advance affordable housing needs such as <br />public- private partnerships or creative packaging of regulatory relief and <br />incentives; <br />•Using available regulatory mechanisms to shape housing communities; <br />•Recognizing the inventory of subsidized and unsubsidized (naturally occurring) <br />affordable housing, and working collaboratively with buyers and sellers of naturally <br />occurring affordable housing to retain affordability; <br />•Tracking the impacts of investor-owned homes on the housing market, and <br />enacting local strategies and policies that support home purchases by owners who <br />reside in the homes; <br />•Supporting policy solutions that provide cities with tools to mitigate any negative <br />impacts on city housing stock and prospective homebuyers due to investor-owned <br />purchasing of homes. <br />While Metro Cities believes there are cost savings to be achieved through regulatory <br />reform, density bonuses as determined by local communities, and fee waivers, <br />41