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Housing Plan – 2005 Page 11 Roseville HRA <br />4.5 Support and expand the Senior Housing Regeneration Program (SHRP) <br />which provides links between the sale of homes by seniors and purchases <br />by young families. <br /> <br />• Promote the Senior Housing Regeneration Program (SHRP ), a program of the <br />Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporatio n (GMHC), which uses State and Metro <br />Council funds to help properties in transition from a senior resident to a family, <br />The SHRP assists seniors in moving to alternate housing and provides empty and <br />improved homes for working first time home buying families. In addition to working <br />with GMHC and housing developers to identi fy seniors moving out of single family <br />homes, the HRA will support future funding efforts for SHRP . Identified as a <br />high priority for the HRA. <br /> <br />• Support the HRA policy that encourages new “senior only housing” projects <br />developed in the community to collaborate with the HRA, local churches , school <br />districts, GMHC and/or private sector developers to provide linkages between <br />senior residents moving from their homes into the new development with families. <br />A senior housing linkage language is to be included in all senior housing only <br />agreements through the planned unit development process. <br /> <br />4.6 Work with rental property owners to encourage continuous improvements <br />that contribute to a quality living environment of its tenants and the <br />sustainability of mixed-use neighborhoods. Strengthen tenant/landlord <br />relationships and upkeep of rental properties through education, <br />inspections, permits, and rehabilitation loan programs. <br /> <br />• Encourage the establishment of a single family rental licensing program designed to <br />assure that the increasing level of single family rental properti es (estimated at 350 <br />in 2005) meet life and safety st andard and current City codes. <br /> <br />• Explore the merits and funding of a rental licensing program designed to assure <br />that approximately 4,584 multi-family rental units meet life an d safety standards <br />and current City codes. Currently, only the common areas are inspected for fire <br />safety issues and the Section 8 units (appr oximately 200) are insp ected as part of <br />a Metro HRA agreement with the City. Building officials estimate that many of the <br />existing units are older with deferred maintenance and would not meet life/safety <br />and city code standards. <br /> <br />• Develop an Apartment Improvement Program that provides an innovative funding <br />program to rental property owners to make necessary improvements to aging <br />complexes. Reserve the Local Developm ent Corporation and other CDBG based <br />funds for the support of the program. I dentified as a high priority by the HRA. <br />