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adequate public transit and has a regional identity with 'local political boundaries posing no real barrier, life cycle housing can be viewed on a more regional basis. Recommendation: That the Housing Guide draft be further mod i ied in several sections to advocate more of a regional or community clustering approach for promoting and provided life cycle housing. The Housing Chapter does recognize and advocate that approach for replacement housing for those persons displaced by public action. 4. Responsibilities for Providing Housing for Lower Income Persons. There e a number of inference: and an implied assumption that as the federal and state level_; of government decrease their fundin& commitments for subsidized housing for lower income persons, that the responsibility for picking up the slack is automatically assumed by local units of government. This is no: fair, nor is it possible. Locals do have certain. responsibilities and techniques to provide opportunities for low and moderate cost housing and the ?MM believes that they should do so. However, the federal arid state levels of government have much broader and deeper tax bases and they should provide the bulk of the runding for direct housing subsides. Those levels should not abrogate their responsibilities to provide the necessary funding to implement their housing policy. Recommendation: The Housing Chapter be revised to make the distinction between providing opportunities for low and moderate cost housing (which is a local responsibility) and the actual provision of this housing thru subsides and other programs. Also, the Housing Chapter and Legislative Initiatives should clearly state the responsibility of the federal and state levels In providing funding for subsidized housing. 5. Local Plan Monitoring. There are several statements in the Mousing Chap::er and its } appendices which discuss the Council's ns to M,:isw projects and proposals for• internal consistency with 104el comp plans. The AMM believes such internal monitoring is inappropriate and inconsistent with the Counc.1's statutory mission. The Council has responsibility to assure consistency with regional plans, goals and programs and its review should be directed in that manner. The Council was not established to be an overseer or general i— nitor of local government activity. Recommendation- The Housing Guide be revised to eliminate the statements and implications that it is the Council's role and responsibility to monitor local activities and programs for con^istency with local plans.