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� <br />� <br />� <br />S <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />I� <br />IL <br />]� <br />]3 <br />]� <br />i� <br />] {� <br />IF <br />IR <br />14 <br />�� <br />�I <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�7 <br />�8 <br />�� <br />3� <br />�l <br />�2 <br />�3 <br />3� <br />35 <br />�� <br />3F <br />JE <br />39 <br />d{] <br />� <br />�! <br />�� <br />�3 <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />�� <br />��r <br />iii. Work more closely with the two school districts on annual <br />school enrollment estimates for better planning to know how many <br />children are coming into the school districts <br />3. Policy Statement: All types of Multi-Family Housing are important to the <br />community and need to be preserved with a full spectrum of multifamily <br />maintenance programs to increase the value, quality and livability of the <br />multifamily housing stock. <br />a. Study Findings: The study indicates that the multi-family housing stock <br />(the actual bricks and mortar) in both rental and ownership projects is <br />aging and reinvestment is criticaL Through 2003, fewer than 350 new <br />units of rental apartment have been built since 1990 and the majority of <br />the rental units are 40 years or more years old. Critical improvements will <br />become necessary such as windows, roof, heating and air handling <br />systems, energy conservation and electricalservices and accessibility. <br />�_ Why is this good public policy? There are approximately 9,000 <br />Roseville residents who live in some type of multifamily housing and over <br />70% of them pay rent. These residents are an important strand of the <br />community fabric. Helping to ensure that they live in quality, stable <br />housing reduces social problems that impact neighbors and increase the <br />demands on life-safety, school and social services. In addition, it is <br />critical to maintain this aging (and yet affordable) housing stock to ensure <br />that property values keep current with the surrounding communities and <br />inflationary indexes. Once the value of housing begins to decline the <br />impact on the community will increase services, complaints and crime. <br />c_ Possible Action Steps: <br />i. Explore how other communities and HRAs have implemented a <br />Housing Maintenance Code and Rental Licensing Program, to be <br />considered as part of the 2006 Budget cycle. <br />i i, Identify more thoroughly the multi family complexes with <br />deferred maintenance issues and where renovation permits have <br />not been issues in over 10 years. Target these complexes by <br />hosting HRA meetings with the owners and managers. Discuss the <br />issues and offer improvement incentive funds available by the <br />HRA, County and State programs. <br />iii . Explore the establishment of a more formalized multi-family <br />owner occupied housing improvement area program for <br />townhome and condominium complexes. These ownership <br />multifamily housing complexes and their associations may not <br />have sufficient fund balances to address large maintenance issues. <br />The large increase in dues may be a significant fmancial burden on <br />MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REPORT FOR ROSEVILLE -�.�Fi $!16/04 Page 22 <br />