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4-2 Policies: 1. Link trails to parks, lakes, and schools. 2. Ensure commercial development and mixed-use areas are appropriately dispersed throughout the city. Rationale: Lino Lakes, as a developing city, is expected to accommodate the projected housing needs, entry level through retirement, of the community’s population. Policies: 1. Work with developers to identify innovative strategies for providing entry-level and life cycle housing. 2. Use redevelopment tools to revitalize aging residential properties, made possible by various federal, state, local government, and non-profit programs. 3. Provide expanded opportunities for housing ownership made available by various federal, state, local government and non-profit agencies. 4. Provide for and designate appropriate areas for high-density and mixed-use development. 5. Strive to integrate affordable housing in all residential land use districts. Rationale: As Lino Lakes continues to grow and develop, it must also accommodate the housing needs of a growing aging population. Policies: 1. Develop partnerships with non-profit and private sector groups who assist in the creation of senior housing. 2. Coordinate development of housing with retail accessibility (restaurants, shops, groceries). Policies: 1. Promote the improvement of the existing housing stock, and to encourage the rehabilitation or redevelopment of substandard housing 2. Encourage in-fill housing where appropriate. Housing Profile Regional Housing Market Trends Housing markets can vary greatly from one community to another within a large metropolitan region such as the Twin Cities. The forces that determine what type of housing gets built, how much housing gets built, and where that housing gets built can change dramatically from decade to decade or even year to year, often resulting in vastly different development experiences for individual communities. Nonetheless, metropolitan regions are, by definition, interconnected Goal 5: Improve availability of affordable and life-cycle housing. Goal 6: Enhance opportunities for senior housing. Goal 11: Maintain existing housing stock to insure a high-quality environment in all residential neighborhoods.