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Enclosure D Metropolitan Livable Communities Act Housing Action Plan Checklist In preparing a Livable Communities Act (LCA) Action Plan, a community should consider a number of factors before deciding which implementation efforts it will identify and undertake to expand affordable and life -cycle housing opportunities. A community should consider its housing situation, land availability, forecasted household and employment changes and any number of applicable demographic characteristics and trends that should influence its housing implementation efforts. The Action Plan should not only address the kinds of implementation efforts to be employed, but, where possible, the general timeframe in which they will be undertaken. The Plan should identify, as best as possible, the number of households to be assisted, or housing units to be produced or rehabilitated through the various programs and activities that will be pursued. Also, to the degree possible, the plan should identify the income levels of the households to be assisted, e.g. the number or percent with very low, low and moderate incomes. Finally, where possible, it should identify the efforts that will be targeted specifically to the elderly, large families, homeowners and renters. The degree to which the Plan specifically identifies local needs and the intended beneficiaries of local actions is ultimately the community's decision. There is no single "correct" format or minimum requirement for how a community attempts to address this information in its Action Plan. Understanding its current and future housing needs, and who can and should benefit from its housing efforts is a practical and prudent step, and should be the basis for the housing implementation activities of any community. There are a number of programs and local fiscal and official control initiatives that can be undertaken by communities to expand or preserve affordable and life -cycle housing. This Action Plan Checklist is intended to assist communities in identifying from among the myriad implementation tools, those activities suited to their particular needs and capacity to deliver. Housing Assistance Programs An Action Plan to implement the community's LCA goals should identify the housing assistance programs to be used by and in the community, and, where possible, the best estimate of how many households will be helped by such programs each year or over the period of years covered by the Action Plan. A number of programs provide renter assistance and below -market -rate home mortgage programs. Some involve little or no administration or oversight by the city, although most require a city's consent. A list of existing housing assistance programs which a community may use, or encourage or facilitate private market interests to use include the following: 2010 Housing Action Plan Checklist