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ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT . * Create a Metropolitan Housing and Redevelopment Fund totaling between $35-40 million per year. Preferably, funding should be derived from one or a combination of an income tax surcharge, payroll tax, deed tax, registry tax or some other non-property tax. * The fund distribution should contain three major elements: 1. A significant portion should remain or be distributed back to the sub-region in which it was collected to provide for implementation of local housing programs consistent with that sub-region's plans for development of new affordable housing or rehabilitation of existing low income housing within the context of an overall regional plan. 2. A significant portion should be allocated on a regional needs basis to alleviate the deterioration in the most severely distressed areas. 3. A smaller portion should be allocated regionally for non-housing programs such as community development, job training, housing location assistance, social program assistance, etc. to implement deconcentration of poverty. * Designate the programs to be created and the agency to oversee the administration of the programs. The designated agency should be (Met Council? MHFA? new?). The state should make a thorough assessment of all existing housing assistance programs to detertnine if there is duplication, administrative overlap and waste. Savings from program combination and streamlining should be diverted to the Metropolitan Housing and . Redevelopment Fund ROLE OF REGIONAL AGENCIES - COUNTIES, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL . The Metropolitan Council should produce a housing plan which identifies affordable housing needs on an area-wide basis using the criteria of income levels, transportation, jobs, support services, current land use, etc. At this step, political boundaries should not be considered. * The (?agency) should develop a strearn1ined process to administer the funds with the least amount of red tape and time lag. ROLE OF CITffiS/COMMUNITIES * To work with the Metropolitan Council, County HRAs and the (?agency) to implement programs as appropriate within each city/cluster/sub-region. * To work with the private sector loan institutions and developers to provide a range of housing. [Ii] Urban Strategies Task Force Report 28 .