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4-6 Chart 4-3. Units in Structure Units in Structure (2000) 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Lino Lakes: Total Lino: W of Park Lino: E of Park Blaine Hugo Forest LakePct. of Housing StockMobile Home 10+ Units 3 to 9 Units Tw inhome Single-Family Source: 2000 US Census 4927 Total Units 1993 Total Units 2934 Total Units 16 17 0 T o t a l Units 2193 Total Units 5594 Total Units Pattern of Recent Construction Although owner-occupied, single family homes have dominated the development landscape in Lino Lakes and its neighbors over the last three decades, recent trends suggest that various types of multi-family product are becoming much more prevalent. In the six years between 2000 and 2005, roughly half of the new units constructed in Blaine, Hugo, and Forest Lake were either townhomes or multi-family units (Chart 4-4). This is a huge departure from the previous three decades when roughly 90 percent of the units built were single family homes. Much of this change can be attributed to demographic shifts, in which older households are downsizing from single family homes to maintenance free, attached dwellings. Also, younger households, who normally rent their housing, were able to afford modest forms of owner-occupied housing during the early 2000s because mortgage interest rates were at historically low levels. Furthermore, land costs driven by rapid development and increased commute times have converged at the developing edge of the metro area to make townhomes the affordable entry-level product when 20 years ago it might have been a modest detached single family home. Despite increased development of multi-family homes in Blaine, Hugo, and Forest Lake during the last six years, there has been minimal development of multi-family homes in Lino Lakes. When looking at the entire City, nearly 80 percent of the homes built between 2000 and 2005 were single family homes. Moreover, the only type of multi-family housing that was built during this time was townhomes. By analyzing the areas of the City west and east of the Regional Park, there is a slight difference in the prevalence of townhomes. West of the park, nearly one-third of the units built between 2000 and 2005 were townhomes, whereas only 15 percent of the units were townhomes in the areas east of the park.