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Draft 9/29/14 Existing Housing Supply and Neighborhoods Findings 28. Accommodating residential growth within the current UGB encourages in-fill, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of the existing housing stock and neighborhoods. 29. As the age of the housing stock reaches 25 years, the need for rehabilitation, weatherization, and major system upgrades increases. Approximately 59 percent of the single-family housing stock was built prior to 1969. 30. More renters than owners live in sub-standard housing conditions. Based on the 1995 Eugene/Springfield Consolidated Plan, about 16 percent of all occupied rental units of the metropolitan housing stock are considered to be in sub-standard condition. 31. Local government has had and will continue to have a role in preserving the aging housing stock. Preserving the housing stock has numerous benefits to the community because much of the older housing stock represents affordable housing. In addition, upgrading the aging housing stock provides benefits that help stabilize older neighborhoods in need of revitalization. Policies A.25 Conserve the metropolitan area’s supply of existing affordable housing and increase the stability and quality of older residential neighborhoods, through measures such as revitalization; code enforcement; appropriate zoning; rehabilitation programs; relocation of existing structures; traffic calming; parking requirements; or public safety considerations. These actions should support planned densities in these areas. A.26 Pursue strategies that encourage rehabilitation of existing housing and neighborhoods. Affordable, Special Need, and Fair Housing 78 Finding 32. Substantial and continued federal funding reductions for housing assistance are increasing the burden on local governments. The high cost of housing for low-income 7 Affordable housing: Housing priced so that a household at or below median income pays no more than 30 percent of its total gross income on housing and utilities. [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) figure for 1997 annual median income for a family of three in Lane County is $33,900; 30 percent = $847/month.] 8 Special need housing: Housing for special needs populations. These populations represent some unique sets of housing problems and are usually at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace due to circumstances beyond their control. These subgroups include, but are not limited to, the elderly, persons with disabilities, homeless individuals and families, at-risk youth, large families, farm workers, and persons being released from correctional institutions. III-A-11