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MOtnvnS VIEW Affordable Housing Information Affordable Housing in Mounds View: Mounds View has 18 Apartment Properties.The Boulevard Apartments (2019) has 60 units of Workforce Housing and accepts Vouchers. The city provided TIFF and other subsidies. The Villas of Mounds View(2023) is a 120 Unit age restricted (55+) that participates in Section 42 Tax Credits. The City subsidized site acquisition, aided in housing grants, and provided TIFF. General Information: 30%of our population lives in rental properties. 32%of our housing is greater than 50 years old—1,728 structures best defined as 960 Ramblers (square footage, minimum building code at the time). There are 561 Manufactured Homes in three parks. All meet the definition of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing or NOAH. The city is fully developed with minimal infill lots available, most of which have challenges ranging from access to watershed issues to utility connections. Zoning Code: The City undertook a comprehensive review of the code as part of the last Comprehensive Plan update and has continuously worked to update with recent including a reduction in parking requirements and setbacks. In the past 6 months,the council enacted final adoption of the Zoning Code to allow Accessory Dwelling Units. LAHA Money: The City received just under$200,000 per year. Uses include providing rental assistance to families facing eviction. Staff has had several meetings with the Faith Community specific to exploring a Sacred Settlement whereby the city would be providing the funding to construct the homes. Council will be reviewing this issue in depth at their November workshop with consideration of establishing a grant program for any NOAH qualified structure specific to hot water heater, furnace, roof, skirting/insulation, and window repair/replacement if income qualified. With over 2,200 properties,there is a high probability the need far in exceeds the funding. Opposition to 2024 Housing Bills: 1. Mounds View has several areas with very large lots (180" wide x 720' deep')which could allow a developer to purchase 4 or 8 homes and erect a multi-story behemoth in the middle of a quiet wooded neighborhood dramatically changing the fabric of that neighborhood. 2. Elimination of onsite parking would create havoc in our city as many of our streets have no parking lanes constructed as part of the street, and current City ordinance prohibits overnight street parking. Street snow plowing becomes much more challenging with cars being allowed to park overnight 3. Density drives police calls. Mounds View already spends over 50%of our budget on public safety. Increasing our density will only exacerbate this. The department has not fully recovered from the pandemic and fallout from the George Floyd murder, and is still down 10%of our officers. 4. There are no requirements for builders/developers to construct affordable units as a mandatory condition of any bills. 5. The primary issue is income/income equality. Increase minimum wages and/or funding for housing. The current funding of$16 million—based on construction costs of$245,000 a unit, would result in the construction of 65 affordable units. It will take 161 years at the current pace to meet todays demand.