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City of Arden Hills - Comprehensive Plan - DRAFT 7. HOUSING Goal: Develop and maintain a strong, vital, diverse and stable housing supply for all members of the community. To achieve this housing goal, the following policies are proposed: . Encourage the development of a variety of housing options by preserving and increasing high-quality housing opportunities that are suitable for a mix of ages, incomes and household types. Encourage the incorporation of affordable, life cycle, and work force housing into new development and redevelopment where feasible. Maintain the quality, safety, and unique character of the City's housing stock. Preserve and strengthen the community's neighborhoods to maintain a high- quality of life for residents. . Encourage housing development and redevelopment that is complimentary to and enhances the character of the City's established neighborhoods. . . . 7.1 Introduction One of the principal roles of a community is to serve as a place to live. In Arden Hills, l1li percent of all of the land area in the community is currently used for housing (not including TCAAP). However. if public open spaces and roads are removed. .housing accounts for _ percent of l!!J.,developed land in Arden Hills. Because housing is such an important part of Arden Hills, maintaining the quality of the current housing stock while providing long-term opportunities for new housing is important to the ongoing vitality of the community and to retaining Arden Hills' reputation as a highly desirable place to live. 7.2 Context Accordino to the US Census, Arden Hills had 3,01Z,housing units in 2000. Housino units refers to actual structures while households refer to the people livino in a housino unit or simplv an occupied housino unit. ,Approximately ill!% of the housino units in Arden Hills,.are.detached single-family homes. 12% are attached sinole family homes (commonly referred to as townhomes.). and 9% are manufactured homes. These three housino types comprise almost 90% of the City's housino supply. Arden Hills has the second hiohest percentaoe of sino le- family homes compared to adiacent communities and is sionificantly above the Ramsey County and metropolitan area averaoe. Apartments with ten or more units are iust 2.74% of the City's housino stock. The Citv has iust one traditional apartment buildino with 37 units and one condominium DRAFT 37 5/15/2008 Deleted: Of privately owned land, th, Deleted: men! t Deleted: In 2000 l,i~j~-d":"24---'--- ! Deleted: Over "..- -< i _P!!~~~~~~~"",,"~~_~__ t__~~I~~:_~~~~~~~~_~:I_~~k ( Deleted: is l_~_~_I_~~_~_~_:__~_?~_P_~_~~?__?f rD;i~t;d~-------------------------- '----.--...-.-----...--.----------------,.---------------..-------------.....,.., r-D;i;t;d-;-(-b;:;ih-d~;~h~d~~d -- l~ttached ~~_~, rD~i~t~d-;--~--Th~-~~iy-~ih~~-~jg~ifi~~~; , Uy.?.~.~~ ho~~~g jn_U:::.~.?mmunjty a!::... __c <