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City of Mounds View 1 2040 Comprehensive Plan MO S VIEW Chapter 3: Housing INTRODUCTION Mounds View is a suburb in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A variety of forces affect housing including demographic, regional, and local trends, the economic climate, the availability of land, government controls and IL the real estate market. A key factor in the City's ability to provide a livable community has been the development and maintenance of strong neighborhoods, which consist of a variety of housing styles and types, ownership and rental options, and range of costs. Opinion Survey The housing element of the Plan reviews the current housing situation and It is clear that there is public establishes a plan to meet the city's future housing needs. In addition, this opposition to affordable housing, element reports on four areas that the Metropolitan Council requires study and apartments. including housing goals and policies, analysis of housing supply, anticipating future housing needs, and outlining programs that the City plans or currently Many of the concerns may be utilizes to achieve housing goals. attributed to the age of apartments, many of which were HOUSING GOALS AND POLICIES built in the 1960's and 1970's, have been minimally improved, The City has developed goals and policies related to housing in order to grow and lack modern amenities. and adapt to changing conditions. The goals and policies of this chapter are critical to guide housing that supports the community as it evolves and to The Comprehensive Plan seeks a support projected growth. The following are the housing goals and policies for mix of housing types, supporting Mounds View: existing single-family neighborhoods, stabilizing the Goal 1: Support development and redevelopment which accomplishes 2040 County Road I corridor, and forecasted population growth and the supportive land use designations manufactured home communities, identified in this plan. as well as redevelopment of the Mounds View Boulevard Corridor. Goal 2: Maintain the residential character of Mounds View. • Preserve single-family neighborhoods. • Reinvest in multi-family properties. • Redevelop the Mounds View Boulevard corridor. Goal 3: Support a mix of housing types reflective of the needs and desires of the community. • Preserve affordable housing while encouraging redevelopment of multi-family properties, including manufactured home parks, such that if publicly subsidized redevelopment occurs, there is no net-loss of affordable housing units. • Support Home Improvement programs and encourage their use by residential property owners. Chapter 3: Housing 3-1