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<br />b; ~&r!--, ~~ <br />PaJ CW/b" ~ r1lL/nJ-.. . <br />t2afvtu~IfEST FOR COUNC~ON \- <br />DATE: 5/14/01 <br />ITEM NO: <br /> <br />Department Approval: <br /> <br /> <br />anager Approved: <br /> <br /> <br />Item Description: <br /> <br />Consideration of Support for the Metropolitan Council's <br />Family Mfordable Housing Program (PF3313) <br /> <br />1.0 Requested Action: <br /> <br />1,1 Approval of a Cooperation Agreement with the Metropolitan Council which would <br />support the implementation of a Family Affordable Rental Housing Program on scattered <br />sites in Roseville, <br /> <br />2.0 Background and Program Goals: <br /> <br />2,1 The goal of the Met Council's Family Affordable Housing Program (FAHP) is to help <br />meet the needs of work-force and life-cycle housing in the region by providing quality, <br />stable and secure rental homes on scattered sites for eligible families in suburban Anoka, <br />Ramsey and Hennepin Counties. <br /> <br />2.2 Metropolitan Council is committed to purchasing 150 unite; on an open market basis in <br />these Counties and is asking the support of communities like Roseville to accept a <br />reasonable amount of those units that can help to meet the region's work-force and life- <br />cycle housing needs. <br /> <br />2.3 Other Cities committed to the program to date include Golden Valley, Blaine, Maple <br />Grove, Edina, Minnetonka and Coon Rapids. <br /> <br />2.4 The main provisions of the program are as follows: <br /> <br />. Metro Council will purchase and improve existing homestead or vacant non-homestead <br />single family detached townhomes, duplexes, twin homes and condominiums on <br />scattered sites in Roseville. Every attempt will be made to ensure that the units will be <br />distributed evenly throughout the community and no large concentrations of units will be <br />in one location. <br />. The units will be owned and operated by Metro Council. The Metro Council will rp.t~in a <br />private property man~p.mp.nt fi V11 to m ~n a ge all FA HP properti es <br />. Metro Council will improve the homes prior to occupancy to HUD guidelines for public <br />housing units. <br />. The units will be rented to families meeting affordable housing income guidelines with <br /> <br />Met Council Family Affordable Housing Program - Page 1 of 4 <br />