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Attachment B During the past year, the League of Women Voters of Roseville Area, with members in Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood and Roseville conducted a study of affordable housing options in our five cities.The Leaguestudy coincides with the updating of each city’s comprehensive plan which includes a housing element. Our study looks at current housing situations, including existing gaps, and makes recommendations on planning for the future by providing a full continuum of housing options to increase the overall quality of life for every present and future resident, contributing to a vibrant local economy. Our research included interviews with regional authorities on affordable housing, engaging a team of University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs graduate studentsto do a complementary study, and hosting presentations by Wilder Foundation researcher Ellen Shelton and a panel made up of State Representative Alice Hausmann, Dr. Edward Goetz, U. of M. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and John Slade, community organizer for MICHAH. Your packets contain today’s testimony, the results of our research included in a written report, A Place For Us?, and the student study recommendations which are specific to this city and endorsed by the League of Women Voters Roseville Area. All information can also be accessed on our website, www. LWVRosevilleArea.org, including our written report, the report produced by the University of Minnesota team and a League produced Power Point that defines affordable housing. I will read the League of Women Voter Roseville Area recommendations for the public to hear. When updating the housing section of your comprehensive plan we recommendyou: 1.Provide for a full range of affordable housing. 2.Preserve and improve existingaffordable housing. 3.Consider inclusion of affordable housing when available land is developed. 4.Support incentives to make development/re-development more attractive to developers. 5.License and monitor rental properties. 6.Promote better awareness of linking low income renters to support services. 7.When licensing landlords, urge or require them to list on Housing Link if their units are affordable. We welcome continued dialogue on any points. For additional information, you are also invited to a Council of Metropolitan Leagues sponsored panel on housing from 10:30 a.m. until noon, Saturday, October 21 st at Centennial United Methodist Church, County Rd. C2 and Snelling, Roseville. Speakers will be Chip Halbach, MN Housing Partnership; Gail Dorfman, Met Council and St. Stephens Executive Director and Cathy Bennett, Housing Initiative at the Urban Land Institute.