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� o METROPOLITAN LIVABLE COMMUNITIES A CT ACTION PLAN CHECKLIST In preparing a Livable Communities Act (LCA) Action Plan, a community should consider a number of factors before deciding which implementation efforts it will identify and undertake to expand affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities. A community should consider its housing situation, land availability, forecasted household and employment changes and any number of applicable demographic characteristics and trends that should influence its housing implementation efforts. – The Action Plan should not only address the kinds �f implementation efforts to be emsloved, but, where possible, the general timeframe in which they will be undertaken. The Plan should identify, as best as possible, the number—o ouseholds to be assisted, or housin units to be produced_or rehabilitated through the various programs and activities that will be pursued. Also, to the decree possible, the plan should identify the income levels of the households to be • assisted, e.g. the number or percent with very low low and mpcierate incomes. Finally, where possible, it should identify the efforts that will be targeted specifically to the eld_y,_large families, homeowners and renters. The degree to which the Plan specifically identifies local needs and the intended beneficiaries of local actions is ultimately the community's decision. There is no single"correct" format or minimum requirement for how a community attempts to address this information in its Action Plan. Understanding its current and future housing needs, and who can and should benefit from its housing efforts is a practical and prudent step, and should be the basis for the housine implementation activities of any community. There are a number of programs and local fiscal and official control initiatives that can be undertaken by communities to expand or preserve affordable and life-cycle housing. This Action Plan Checklist is intended to assist communities in identifying from among the myriad implementation tools, those activities suited to their particular needs and capacity to deliver. • 1