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PROPOSED SCOPE. OF STUDY: TWIN CITIES AREA HOUSING NEEDS IN THE NEXT DECADE I. INTRODUCTION During the next year and a half the Metropolitan Council will be revising the Housing chapter of its Metropolitan Delopment Guide. The Council is beginning this effort by assessing ourrveent and future housing needs in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The assessment will provide a foundation for regional housing policies in the new guide chapter. This paper, prepared by the Councils housing planners, describes the proposed scope of the needs assessment. It will serve as the basis for a series of discussions in the next several months between Council staff and federal, state and local governmental agencies and organizations. The Council will also seek the views of Area communities, agencies and citizens at a public meeting on the Areas housing needs Oct. 6. The Councils authority to prepare a regional housing guide is set forth in the state Metropolitan Council Act (Minn. Stat., ch. 473.145). II. MAJOR STUDY AREAS Through its housing needs assessment the Council hopes to answer a number of questions about the Regions housing situation. Some of these questions include: - How many lower income households need housing assistance? Given the diminishing level of federal housing assistance resources, should the Council focus only on defining the housing needs of the very lowest income groups? - Where is lower-dncome a85ffordable housing located? In 1971, the central cities had 1 , subsidized housing units and the suburbs had 1,878. By the end of 1981, the central cities had 23,507 units and the suburbs had 16,560 units. In addition, the central cities still have large num5ers of non -subsidized housing units affordable to people with lols•.r incomes. Has the battle to provide housing choices throughout the Region for lower -income households been won? - What about nneeial hnunine needu much as those of families headed by women, minority housenoiee anc nousenoics witn a handicapped member? Can the housing needs of these or other specia groups be defined and measured7 if not, should the Council continue to address these needs only through its housing policy? - How many housing units should this Area plan for? In past housing guides the Council has projected the number of additional housing units in each part of the Area. Should the Council do this again? What unit sizes (number of bedrooms) will be needed and in what ranges?