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municipality is not participating in the Local Hoiti 'ng Incentivts Account Program. <br />12. If my municipality elects to participate in the Local Housing Incentives Account Prografn. <br />but docs not have the capacity to create additional affordable and life* <br />cycle housing opportunities^ can my municipality give its .ALHOA amounts to other municipalities <br />to meet negotiated housing goals? <br />Yes. A municipality that has negotiated housing goals, but might not have adequate resources to create <br />or maintain affordable and life-cycle housing opportumues still could be considered a panicipating mu ­ <br />nicipality. However, the municipality would be required to distnbute its ALHOA amount to the Metro ­ <br />politan Council twi disinbuiion to other participating municipalities or distnbute its ALHOA amount to a <br />local housing and redevelopment authonry for creating affordable and life-cycle housing opportumues <br />w'ithin the municipality. The Act permits mumcipaliiies to enter into agreements with adjacent municipali ­ <br />ties to cooperatively provide affordable and life-cycle housmg. The Metropob^an Council will work with <br />municipalities to help municipalities create affordable and life-cycle housing opportunities and avail <br />themselves of the incentives and funding available under the Act and from other sources. <br />13. If my municipality is using local resources to make pavTnents on a mortgage for an afford ­ <br />able or life-cycle housing opportunity created prior to the .Act, can these resources count toward <br />expenditures of the municipality ’s ALHOA amount? <br />Yes. As long as the use of the funds is directly related to your municipality 's efforts to meet its afford ­ <br />able and life-cycle housing goals, these local resources can be considered an expenditure of ALHOA <br />amounts. <br />14. .Are the ‘roals for affordable and life-cv cle housing, as proposed by the .Metropolitan Coun ­ <br />cil. achievable? <br />The goals proposed b\ the Metropolitan Council are intended to he “long-term" goals. Your munici ­ <br />pality will establish an action plan that identifies the steps your municipality intends to take to move <br />toward its long-range goals. Beginning in 1998. your municipality ’s annual progress in meeting its <br />negotiated affordable and life-cyclehousing goals will be measured agains* the annual goals your <br />municipality sets forth its action plan. Progress toward the goals will depend on private marketplace <br />efforts, the availability of affordable and life-cycle hou.ung resources and the use of local controls to <br />crew t 'n environment to meet goals.