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CONCLUSIONS AND 1tECOMM)CNDATIONS • Side-bv-Side and Back-to-Back Townhomes - This housing product is designed with four or more separate living units and can be built in a variety of configurations. With the relative affordability of these units and multi-level living, side-by-side and back-to-back townhomes have the greatest appeal among entry-level households without children, young families and singles and/or roommates across the age span. Households typically choose this housing product for the maintenance-free lifestyle and relative affordability for new construction housing. Although a primary reason for attached multifamily housing is affordability, we recommend that attention be placed on the visual and structural quality of housing as well as its compatibility with the architecture of sur- rounding homes. Twinhomes and One-Level Townhomes - By definition, a twin home is basically two units with a shared wall with each owner owning half of the lot the home is on. Some one-level living units are designed in three- or four-unit buildings in a variety of configurations. The swell of support for twinhome and one-level living units is generated by the aging baby boomer generation, which is increasing the numbers of older adults and seniors who desire low-maintenance housing alternatives to their single-family homes but are not ready to move to service-enhanced rental housing. Housing products designed to meet the needs of these aging Roseville residents, many of whom desire to stay in the City if housing is avail- able to meet their needs, will be needed into the foreseeable future. We recommend that development of twinhomes and one-level townhomes be a comprised of a lesser percentage of homes priced between $250,000 and $275,000 as well as a higher per- centage priced above $300,000. Many seniors will move to this housing product with sub- stantial equity in their existing single-family home and will be willing to purchase a nicer, more efficient home that is similar to or slightly above the price point of their existing sin- gle-family home. General Occupancy Rental Housing Our competitive inventory identified that no new general occupancy rental product has been added to the City of Roseville for nearly two decades. Due to the age and positioning of the ex- isting rental supply, a significant portion of units are priced at or below HUD guidelines for af- fordable housing, which indirectly satisfies demand from households that income-qualify for fi- nancially assisted housing. As a result, a limited portion of the existing rental stock actually ca- ters to those who desire newer contemporary market rate rental housing. Based on our analysis of the existing rental stock and availability of different general occupancy rental housing types, we recommend development of 80 to 100 market rate rental housing units and 80 to 100 affordable units. We believe these product types could be developed as soon as 2010. • Market Rate General Occupancy Rental -The existing rental supply in Roseville has a sig- nificant mix of ages and household types represented. Anew rental project will also have a MAXFIELD RESEARCH INC. 90