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CHAPTER 5 HOUSING 111 POLICIES: HOUSING MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION 1. Promote existing Metropolitan Council and Ramsey County subsidized maintenance programs which provide technical assistance and financing to residents attempting to rehabilitate their homes. 2. Conduct a survey of housing conditions at least every five years. 3. Investigate ways such as federal or state funds, to provide improvements to public facilities and services in areas of potential housing condition decline without use of special assessments. ASSORTMENT OF HOUSING TYPES New Brighton has a variety of housing types. While Figure 8 shows the basic breakdown of housing types into single family, duplex, multi-family and mobile homes, it does not show other details of the housing stock. Included within the multi-family category are 365 owner-occupied and rental townhouses. Single family housing ranges widely from the smaller homes on 5,000 square foot lots in the older part of New Brighton through medium priced housing on 10,000 square foot to large, expensive homes developed on larger lots in recent years. The multi-family category also ranges widely from townhouses serving large families through a number of 4-plexes and 12-16 unit apartment buildings up to large complexes of 400-500 units. Additional planning considerations are required in providing housing specifically for the elderly. Currently, a 48 unit facility (Palmer Drive) is located adjacent to the Brighton Village,Shopping Center and a 72 unit facility (Brightondale) was recently constructed next to the Rice Creek Shopping Center. These projects justify higher densities to keep development and subsequent user costs low and justify variances to allow for reduced parking needs. In addition, location requirements must be accommodated such-as accessibility to services (shopping, public transportation, medical care, recreation, churches, personal services) as well as compatibility with other social service delivery plans and with sur- rounding developments. The City also acknowledges the need for Group Homes throughout the Twin Cities Metropolitan area for foster care and developmentally disabled persons. Many people who might have lived in large congregate living arrangements in the past now live in smaller, more homelike settings. This change has occurred due to a combination of judicial opinions, new legislation, new funding arrangements, deinstitutionalization, normalization treatment • philosophies, and families desire to remain together. A majority of these Group Homes are concentrated in and around the urban core of the Metropolitan area; specifically Minneapolis