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CHAPTER 5 HOUSING 110 are concentrated in Neighborhood III, an older cottage district next to Long Lake, and Neighborhood X. an older residential area. In cooperation with the Metropolitan Council and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, (MHFA), the City provided rehabilitation assistance in 1980 through 1982 for seventeen homes. After 1982, the program was converted from a grant program to a loan program. The loan requirements combined with the extremely low income eligibility limits diminished local interest in the program. Local banks have participated in the low interest home improvement loan program with MHFA, but little to no demand for this program contributed to the banks' discontinued participation. In 1988, Ramsey County will revive a housing rehabilitation grant program through their • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement funds. New Brighton will work locally to ensure eligible New Brighton residents are aware of the program and assist their participation. Maintenance of the existing housing stock can also be encouraged by promoting residential development in areas where negative environmental effects are absent and where care is taken to preserve the natural amenities of the site. Where negative environmental effects or deficient public facilities and services are already present, corrective measures should be introduced when the opportunity arises. Maintenance of a generally desirable living environment can promote maintenance of the housing stock. f e older areas of the community revealed a continuing high level A visual inspection o the ty g g of private investment in home maintenance and improvement. OBJECTIVES: HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REHABII,ITATION 1. Continue to enforce housing maintenance codes to protect the health and safety of residents and ensure the stability of neighborhoods. 2. Pursue federal, state and regional funding for the rehabilitation of existing housing, thereby retaining the most plentiful source of moderately priced housing. 3. Periodically review the condition of housing units to have early warning of deterioration in the housing stock. 4. Encourage private investment in housing rehabilitation. 5. Provide a level of public facilities and services to areas of potential housing decline equal to other areas of the community to enhance the neighborhood environment in these areas.