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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />5. Newly constructed housing is attractive to younger households. This is particularly true in <br />rapidly growing communities, like Blaine, but is true in New Brighton as well. The 46 new <br />housing units identified in New Brighton since 2003 are too few, however, to have much of an <br />impact on New Brighton’s community aging patterns. <br /> <br />6. “Availability” of affordable owner-occupied housing may be the single most important <br />factor driving long term demographic trends. In New Brighton, when single family housing <br />changes hands, the net result is generally an increase in younger households. Currently, a <br />substantial share of affordable housing is not changing hands, a pattern called “aging in place”, <br />where residents age while remaining in their current homes. <br /> <br />7. Finally, data indicated that New Brighton has had much more difficulty retaining younger <br />residents than it does older residents. Strategies that open up more single family housing and <br />more housing choices for young (and growing) households and families could play a key role in <br />slowing current trends. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3-15