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Housing Policies Purpose The City of Roseville's Housing Improvement Plan (the "Housing Plan ") is a document established to guide planning and policies related to providing a community rich in housing quality and choices for all residents. The Housing Plan is reviewed and revised annually by the City Council to ensure that the programs established are effectively and efficiently serving the current housing needs of the community. It is understood that as housing structures age and the market needs change so will the programs and policies in the Housing Plan. The main components of the Housing Plan include the VISION OF Vista 2002 and goals and policies of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Livable Communities Action Plan. Each program within the Housing Plan strives to meet the current needs of the community by collaborating with other agencies and filling gaps that might exist within more traditional housing programs. • Roseville has over 15,000 housing units of which 59 percent are detached single- family, owner/ occupied homes. The second largest category of housing in Roseville is the combination of apartments and condominiums that make up 36 percent of the housing units in the City. Townhomes represent almost five percent of the housing units in the community. Over 70 percent of all housing units are owner - occupied. There are approximately 100 mobile homes remaining in Roseville, most of which are at least 20 years in age. The annual overall turnover rate for single family residents is less than three percent (3%) while the rental multifamily turnover rate is nearly 30 percent per year. The number of housing units built prior to 1950 in Roseville represents nine percent (8 %) of the entire housing stock. Many of these units offer affordable housing opportunities, or at least, since they are generally on large lots, an opportunity to redevelop the housing /lot into a number of housing sites. The housing stock built in Roseville prior to 1960 (40 or more years old) is 37 percent of the total. In the housing boom years from 1960 to 1970, almost 30 percent of the dwelling units in the community were constructed. Some structural or maintenance repair work is required of each home after 20 years of use; in Roseville 85% of the homes are over 20 years of age. From 1970 to 1979, Roseville added another 2,726 units, 18 percent of the current housing. Slightly more than 16% of the housing has been constructed since 1980. The housing in the community (38 percent of the land area) represent 65 percent of the total private sector investment in Roseville and pays 49 percent of the property taxes. • The following principles are useful to guide in the planning and economic development efforts for the community as it pertains to housing. The guiding principles help orient discussion, analysis and decision - making regarding policies and strategies that are used to complete the Roseville Housing Improvement Plan. The Roseville Housing Improvement Plan: • is consistent with the comprehensive plan by providing a variety of housing for all residents; • encourages community self - reliance, collaboration with other housing providers and education to create and retain housing value; • uses expert "coaches" to start the programs; and • remains small and incremental, not creating large bureaucratic staff - driven programs. II -25