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City of Arden Hills – 20430 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Approved: September 28, 201809 Amended: December 12, 2016 <br />7-15 <br />to be eligible to compete for grant funding provided by the Livable Communities Act (LCA) to <br />assist with clean-up operations for polluted land for redevelopment, creating development or <br />redevelopment opportunities that demonstrate efficient use of land and infrastructure through <br />connected development patterns, and opportunities to create more affordable housing. <br /> <br />7.5.2 Programs <br />Numerous programs are available to help the City meet its housing goals and policies. The City <br />shall consider utilizing certain programs such as fee waivers and/or adjustments to facilitate <br />affordability. In addition, the City may also consider encouraging and working with potential <br />developers who plan to use federal low income housing tax credits to do affordable rental housing. <br />Other options include: affordable housing assistance or development and preservation programs <br />available through the local, county, state, and federal government. The City may consider including <br />the following in its housing maintenance or enforcement code. <br />Minnesota Housing Consolidated Request for Proposals: The Minnesota Housing Finance <br />Agency provides a once annually request for proposal (RFP) where affordable housing developers <br />can apply for funding to construct affordable housing. Arden Hills encourages developers to apply to <br />the Consolidated RFP to provide affordable housing for those Arden Hills residents in need. <br />Community Development Block Grants (CDBG): The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development (HUD) provides CDBG funds to communities with over 45,000 residents for the use of <br />providing and maintaining affordable housing. Ramsey County Community and Economic <br />Development (CED) administers these CDBG funds for the City of Arden Hills. Arden Hills <br />encourages the Ramsey County CED to use CDBG funds to provide affordable housing for those <br />Arden Hills residents in need. <br />HOME Funds: The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) is a flexible federal grant <br />program that allows Ramsey County to fund affordable housing activities for very low and low- <br />income families or individuals, homeless families, and persons with special needs. Arden Hills <br />encourages the Ramsey County CED to use HOME funds to provide affordable housing for those <br />Arden Hills residents in need. <br />Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Grants: The NSP was established by HUD for the <br />purpose of stabilizing communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment. The <br />focus of this program is the purchase, rehabilitation and resale of foreclosed and abandoned <br />Comment [HR7]: Moved from section above, as <br />we now have a section on Affordability <br />Formatted: Level 1, Indent: First line: 0.5" <br />Formatted: Emphasis, Font: (Default) Calibri, <br />15 pt, Not Bold <br />Formatted: Font: (Default) Calibri, 15 pt, Not <br />Bold, Italic, Font color: Custom <br />Color(RGB(112,173,71))