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Housing Policies <br /> 1 . Encourage -the use of "planned unit" residential zoning for new <br /> mu I t i p l e-unit 'res i dent i a l "deve l opments'. <br /> 2. Ensure that any new multiple-family housing development strives for <br /> achievement of high quality site planning and design. <br /> 3. Encourage the use of State or Federal housing rehabilitation funds by <br /> eligible applicants for the stabilization, upgrading, or removal of <br /> residential structures. <br /> 4. Encourage the preservation and maintenance of residential structures by <br /> private means whenever possible. <br /> 5. Review and revise as necessary municipal land use policies, building <br /> requirements, and development review procedures to ensure that they do <br /> not unnecessarily impede the development of housing affordable to per- <br /> sons of " low- and moderate-income." <br /> r - 6. Encourage the development of market-rate housing of medium densities <br /> (5-10 dwelling unit per net acre) when functional and aesthetically <br /> • pleasing site plans can 'be assured. <br /> 7. Encourage the construction by the .private housing market of residential <br /> structures affordable to individuals of " low- and moderate-income." <br /> B. Encourage developers of medium= and high-density housing to incorporate <br /> into their plans, provisions for dwelling units which will be sub- <br /> sidized by the Federal and/or State Government and, thus, be affordable <br /> to persons of " low- and moderate-income. " <br /> 9. Develop housing designed for the elderly which offers publicly . sub- <br /> sidized rents and an attractive, supportive, respectable environment in <br /> a location accessible to shopping facilities and public transit routes. <br /> 10. Encourage the development of. at least 10 percent of the newly <br /> constructed subsidized dwelling units which. have 3tior more bedrooms to <br /> help meet -the needs of large families of limited income. <br /> 11 . Housing units built or acquired for subsidized rental should not be <br /> readily distinguishable from market-rate housing units. <br /> 12. To the extent possible, rent-subsidized housing units should not be <br /> geographically concentrated but should be spread throughout the com- <br /> munity. (This policy does not apply to housing designs for the <br /> • elderly.) <br /> 32 <br />