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D. Other: The HRA Executive Director acts as the City Planner., The HRA assists the City with <br /> management of the two public parking ramps and with other special projects as may be assigned <br /> to the HRA. <br /> Major Housing Issues <br /> • What should the City do to promote the maintenance, rehabilitation and modernization of its <br /> housing stock and the preservation of its single-family housing neighborhoods? This is clearly the <br /> most serious issue facing the community. <br /> • Should efforts continue to be made to attract young couples and families to Columbia Heights <br /> through housing assistance programs? One of the reasons that housing for the elderly was built <br /> by the Columbia Heights Housing and Redevelopment Authority was to open up those persons' <br /> housing for occupany by young.families. <br /> • What should be done by the City, if anything, to help maintain the attractiveness in the market of <br /> the small-housing units? <br /> • What should* be done to counter the negative effects on the housing stock from industrial and <br /> commercial areas? <br /> • Should Columbia Heights continue to increase its efforts to provide special housing for the elderly? <br /> • Is the City in danger of having too high ia proportion of assisted housing (especially for senior <br /> citizens) relative to its total population? . <br /> • If light rail transit is built through Columbia Heights, should the City do-anything to assist the <br /> redevelopment of areas near any of the stations to higher density housing? <br /> I - <br /> - I <br /> 89425 18 <br />