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Introduction <br /> <br />The Minnesota Legislature created the Livable Communities Act (LCA) in 1995. The LCA is a <br />voluntary, incentive-based approach to address the Metropolitan Area’s affordable and life cycle <br />housing needs while providing funds to communities to assist them in carrying out their <br />development plans. Mounds View has participated in the LCA since the beginning, and has <br />chosen to continue through the next cycle of 2011 to 2020. <br /> <br />Mounds View is a fully developed suburban city in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. <br />Residential land uses are and will continue to be the principal land uses in Mounds View. A <br />variety of forces affect housing including demographic, regional and local trends, the economic <br />climate the availability of land, government controls and the real estate market. A key factor in <br />the City’s ability to provide a high quality of life has been the strong neighborhoods, which have <br />a variety of housing styles and types, ownership and rental options and range of housing costs. <br /> <br />The City has prepared this Housing Action Plan to help facilitate more affordable and life cycle <br />housing in Mounds View. Most of the goals and action steps in this plan are from the City’s <br />2008 Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />Goals <br /> <br />Goal 1: Promote a broad and full choice of housing opportunities that provides <br />life-cycle and affordable housing with a mix of housing types and <br />values. <br /> <br /> Provide sufficient opportunities for a variety of housing sizes, types and styles to meet <br />the needs of all segments of the population. <br /> <br /> The City promotes development of various housing options for residents in all stages of <br />life. <br /> <br /> Promote the development of move up housing opportunities and more housing options <br />for senior citizens. <br /> <br /> The City promotes the development and preservation of owner-occupied housing for low <br />and moderate-income households. <br /> <br /> The City may consider the development of additional medium density single-family <br />attached homes to supplement conventional single-family detached homes, manufactured <br />homes, and apartments. <br /> <br /> Explore participation in state and federal housing programs as a source for life cycle and <br />affordable housing. <br /> 2