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r <br />D. HOUSING <br />GOAL <br />Increase the availability of housing opportunities affordable tol f income <br />people throughout the region in proximity to jobs, transportation and services. <br />Public policy should recognize the need to provide decent, strfe and sanitary <br />housing for all income levels and the responsibility to maintain and improve <br />the housing by the occupants. Policy should also recognize the need to <br />provide assistance in obtaining access to such housing that is functional, <br />sturdy and attractive. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />reate a climate and :'rovide the tools whereby a range of housing choices <br />are made available to people with limited resources throughout the <br />region. <br />ROLE OF STATE GOVERNMENT <br />Provide a combination of incentives including property tax adjustments and financing <br />mechanisms to build, improve and maintain affordable housing throughout the area. <br />Promote greater city-county-regional-state cooperation and interaction in providing <br />affordable housing by establishing sharing programs which will create new affordable <br />housing that is balanced between rental and owner-occupied units. <br />Assist in making economic development tools (TIF» IRBS) attractive for cities with <br />avoidable housing strategy elements in economic development plans. <br />ROLE OF REGIONAL AGENCIES - COUNTIES, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />Establish a regional housing choice counseling service. The service should work wth all <br />communities to locate suitable housing options for low and moderate income individuals <br />and families. <br />ET3 Urban Strategies Task Force Report