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Page 2 of 3 residential development, or the total forecasted household growth for the community to 2020, whichever number is lower (400 in New Brighton's case), for the upper end. New Brighton has up to a possible 2,550 new multi -family housing units planned for in its comprehensive plan. 2) How has progress been measured (by the Met Council) on the 1996 goals for New Brighton? How will future progress be measured? Housing goals progress has been and will continue to be tracked by an annual survey that asks communities to self-report housing performance on a number of measures. A housing performance score is established each year. All participating communities have been participating in this annual survey. The score can have a small impact on scoring of grant applications. The survey also helps the Council track the region's progress in moving towards meeting affordable and life -cycle goals. 3) How are affordable and life cycle goals defined? It looks like affordable housing is defined on an annual basis (i.e. homes or apartments valued/rented to households at certain incomes). How is life cycle housing defined? Are there similar kinds of income/value calculations? The definitions of Affordable and Life -Cycle Housing below are taken from the Council's Development Framework: Affordable housing - housing that a low- or moderate -income household can occupy without spending more than 30% of household income. Also incorporates the idea of quality (safe and decent dwelling), choice of location, and an adequate supply. Life -Cycle housing - varied housing options that meet people's preferences and circumstances at all of life's stages, providing a balance of single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, townhomes, and senior housing for independent living or with a range of assisted -living services. Income limits for what is considered affordable are set annually. Beginning in 2011, the income limits for both ownership and rental housing units will be at 60% of Area Median Income. There are no income limits defined for life -cycle housing. For our purposes, we have used the definition above and calculated the numbers of units in each communities comprehensive plan update meeting that definition. Life -cycle housing, by definition, is not necessarily affordable. 4) If the City chose not to participate, what might the consequences be with regard to any existing grant agreements? Would the Council essentially require previous grants be repaid? Existing grant agreements would not be affected, and current or previous grant awards would not have to be repaid. However, there are a few issues to keep in mind: • in choosing not to participate, the community is not eligible for any of the three LCA grant and loan programs, including the Local Housing Incentives Program (LHiA), the Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA), the Tax Base Revitalization Account (TBRA) brownfields, asbestos and lead-based paint contamination cleanup program or the Land Acquisition for Affordable New Development (LAAND) loan program. We should also point out that a community must be an LCA -participating community in order to be eligible for Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) contamination cleanup funding. • A community must elect to participate by November 15 in order to be eligible to apply for grants in the following year. They must submit their housing action plans to the Council by June 30th. As part of the process of electing to participate, a community must establish that it has spent its 7/29/2010