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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION�DIRECTION Date: 08/23/04 Item No. 9.a. — 9.f. Department Approval: City Manager Approval: Agenda Section: �'�1��' Housing Summit Item Description: Housing Preservation and Rental Licensing Codes — A Progress Report 1.0 REQLTESTED ACTION: The purpose of this memo is to provide you with more information on the progress (or lack thereof) to complete a"Housing Preservation Code" and a"Rental Licensing Code" for Roseville. This memo would then be used to begin the discussion and gain direction from CounciUMayor, Planning Commission, Housing and RedevelopmentAuthority and Staff. 2.0 BACKGROUND In Roseville there are appro�mately 15,500 housing units. These homes represent the community's major "built" asset with an estimated physical value in excess of $2.4 billion. Fifty seven (57%) percent (8,725) are detached, single family homes, while forty two (42%) percent (6,526) are multi-family homes. There are 775 townhouses (5%) while 5,909 (38%) units are apartments, condos, quads and mobile homes. Over half (56%) of the detached single family units are more than 45 years old; 83% are over 35 years old. Less than 8% of Roseville homes have been built since 1990. And, in an age of large homes, Roseville's homes are predominately (70%) 3 bedroom or less. Within the single family homes, 62% are ramblers and 75% have 1 or 2 car garages — hard to compete with the third ring suburbs. Roseville building inspectors feel that non-homestead single family housing with absentee land lords is increasing. County records show an a�er age of 160 units, but do not account for unrecorded rental or land contract homes. Approximately 2600 homes have done renovation requiring a building permit in the past 10 years — an a�erage of 260 per year or 3% of the single family housing stock Renovation permits continue to grow in number and in value each year over the past five years, due in part to the HFWHRC activities and programs. (See the Housing Maps on the City web page.) There are 6,330 multi-family units; approxirnately 70% are more than 45 years old; more than 90% are over 30 years in age. In total, the multifamily structures, housing more than 8,300 Roseville residents, are valued by the County at appro�mately $350 million. The rental apartments (4,684), as compared to owner occupied condos and townhomes, usually wear down and require more maintenance, earlier in their life cycle than single family homes. The rental apartments turn over at a rate of nearly 30% per year. They become the "flywheel" of housing, with space for the young households as well as the live-alone-elderly. And, over 650 school aged children live in multi-familyunits and that number is a growing — over 25% of Roseville's new, young children live in apartments. If more single family affordable owner occupied housing were available witl�in the community, many more of the 1,800 1