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Attachment B Council Approved and Adopted November 8.1999, January March Preamble: Roseville’s Housing Improvement Program (the “Housing Program”) is a document established to guide planning and policies related to providing a community rich in for housing quality and choices all residents. The Housing Program in not a replacement for but rather is part of and a result of the City Vista 2000 and Comprehensive Plan. The Housing Program is the working document that is reviewed and revised annually by the newly formed Housing Redevelopment Authority, in and for the City of Roseville, to ensure that the programs established are effectively and efficiently serving the current housing needs of the community. It is understood that as housing structures age and the market needs change so will the programs and policies in the Housing Program. The main components of the Housing Program include the VISION OF Vista 2000 and goals and policies of the City’s Comprehensive Plan and Livable Communities Action Plan. Each program strives to meet the current needs of the community by collaborating with other agencies and filling gaps that might exist within more traditional housing programs. Roseville has over 15,000 housing units. Single family detached homes make up the majority of housing units in Roseville (56%). The second largest housing type is apartments and condominiums, which make up 38% of the units in the City. Town homes are also a major housing type, representing over 5% of the community housing Approximately 70 percent of all housing units are owner-occupied.There are approximately 100 mobile homes remaining in Roseville, most of which are at least 20 years in age. Roseville has a higher percentage (68%) of homeowners (single family, townhome, condominiums) than Ramsey County, but the statewide home ownership (especially outstate) rate (75%) and the Metro area home ownership rate (78%) remains higher. Roseville homeowner vacancy rates are similar to those found in the County and the Metro area, with the turnover rate is approximately 3% per year. The City vacancy rate for rental property has reduced from 10% in 1990 to about than 2% in 2000 with an increase in 2002 of yet the turn-over rate remainsas high as 30% per year particularly as young adults move in and out. (Source: Census GVAC Apartment Roseville Housing Improvement Program 2003