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< -1.1-1 1,11. .1 I ..4 4 *j I * i. * ^ •• • H. F. 671 Sc»clton 4iBdS March 5, 1993 Page 2 Subdivision 1. Policy; goals. Describes the goals of comprehensive chohe housing to include providing housing choice, removing bamers. creating incentives, reducing congestion, allowing individuals to live close to where they work and where jobs are being created, and allowing individuals to remain in their community as their life situadons change. Subd. 2. Dennitions. Defines "affordable housing," "comprehensive choice housing," "comprehensive choice housing allotment,” and "median income." Subd. 3. Comprehensive choice housing allotment; objectives; rules. Requires the council to adopt rules and objectives governing opportunities for comprehensive choice housing, before January 15, 1994. The council must comrac. with an independent organization to hold public hearings with 30 days prior notice. The rules must analyze the need for housing, allocate housing to cities and towns on a fair-share basis, determine a city’s past effort to meet its allouneiu. describe actions a city or township may take to meet iu requirements to provide housing opportunities, establish review critetbL and establish annual review procedures and guidelines. Subd. 4. Periodic review of comprehensive choice housing nltotment rules. Requires the council to review the comprehensive choice housing niles at least every five years and present any proposed changes to the legislattire before adopting the changes. Subd. S. Comprehensive choice housing counseling. Requires the council to provide a counseling service »o promote housing choice throughout the metropolitan area. The service must provide information and offer individual counseling and the opportunity to inspect housing. Subd. 6. Review and certification. Requires the council to begin its annual review and certification of cidet and townships efforts to meet housing allotments in August of 1994 and certify cities and townships in compliance to the department of revenue before July 1. 1995. The council must notify unceitified citiM and towns, describe what they nee;2 to do to be in compliance, and list the penalties foe not complying. The council mutt establish appeal procedures. Subd. 7. Council penaltiei for noncompliance with tbe comprehensive choice housing allotment Prohibits the council from approving highway projects or extensions to the urban service area boundaries in sectors where there is substantial noncompiiance. They cannot approve increased access for any city that is n<« cowed. The council must define sector on a case-by-case basis. These penalties are m addition to the withholding of aid payments from the local government trust fimd. Application and effective date. The act applies i the seven-county metropolitan area. The act is etfrerive the day following final enactment Mlnne^tote Housa of n»or§sanrjitlvas 600 State Office BuHdinq