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problem, ploste� falling from ceilings afte� roaf leQks and not fixing it, <br />gener�ol deterio�ation of rental units with litt/e ongoing maintenance, common <br />areas (hallways) thot smell bod (ploces in Roseville you would no t want your <br />doughter to live in), waiting too long in the fall to turn on building heoting <br />5 systems resulting in renters living in cold units. Thegoal of the program is to <br />6 protect the quality of neighborhood p�operty both in values and livability. <br />7 This protects residents investment in their home from those few �ental <br />8 properties or business that would otherwise not care about the negative <br />9 impact that o renta/ proper�ty has on a neighborhood. In addition, the goQl af <br />l0 the program is to ensure that a// residents have access to a qua/ity, safe <br />11 /iving environment. We must be aware of, and oct on, the foct that there is <br />12 absentee slumlords in the community who are only interested in turning a <br />13 profit and do not care who they take odvontage of or hurt, whether it be <br />14 their own renters or adjoining property owners <br />15 <br />16 2. What nre the numbers? Staff Response be%w. <br />17 <br />18 Based on Ramsey County Assessar's tax records and Roseville utility billing <br />19 records the fol%wing are estimates of Raseville 1 to 4 unit �ental housing <br />20 structures: <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />• In June 2002 - there were 154 non-homestead single family properties <br />• In Tanuary 2005 - there were 274 non-homesteod single family <br />properties. <br />• In June 2005 - there were 413 non-hamestead sing/e family properties. <br />This is a 168% increose in the last 3 years (June 2002 to June 2005) and Q 51 % <br />increase in the past 6 months (TanuQry 2005-June 2005). Not ol/ non- <br />31 homestead properties are �entals but staff estimates conservatively, based <br />32 upon June 2005 numbers that approximately 45% to 50% of the non-homesteod <br />33 single family properties are rental. In addition, it is estimated thot another 100 <br />34 units of hamestectd properties are rentols based upon differences in ownership <br />35 name and water bill name far the same address. <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />How many rentals ore prob/em properties? <br />The data has not been explicitly t�acked in the past and there is no way of <br />identifying this number without moking some assumptions. However, we canget <br />