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Edina Housing Task Force <br />DRAFT March 2006 <br />Affordable, lifecycle housing Is Important to Edina's senior population. <br />Ph.,., q- t ft�� nMlW ., Sa,nlsenlm r/AOn . <br />America and Minnesota are growing older. In roughly ten years, the <br />number of Minnesotans aged 65 or older will surpass the number of <br />school -aged children —an unprecedented reversal of the population -age <br />pyramid. Edina is already at the leading edge of this trend: in 2000 the <br />number of residents 65 or older surpassed the number of school -aged <br />children by nearly 2,000 people. Edina has one of the highest concentra- <br />tions of senior citizens in the metropolitan area, and conversely, a rela- <br />tively small population of young families". (See Appendix C). <br />With such a high population of seniors, Edina can expect a fair amount of <br />turnover in its housing stock In the coming years. Indeed, housing statis- <br />tics show an Edina in transition. One in 3 Edina residents were born <br />outside Minnesota, and 6% were foreign born". As of the 2000 census, <br />more than a third of residents lived in a different home just 5 years previ- <br />ous. As a community, we have a stake In how our housing transitions. <br />2000 US Census. <br />a Ibid. <br />