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between households of different income levels and requires cities to adopt policies that encourage housing for all households. 1.1.3 What objectives do housing policies typically try to achieve? The Practice of State and Local Planning2 classifies goals that most government housing programs address into four categories: Community life. From a community perspective, housing policy is intended to provide and maintain safe, sanitary, and satisfactory housing with efficiently and economically organized community facilities to service it. In other words, housing should be coordinated with other community and public services. Although local policies do not always articulate this, they are implicit in most local government operations. Comprehensive plans, zoning, subdivision ordinances, building codes, and capital improvement programs are techniques most cities use to manage housing and its development. Local public facilities such as schools, fire and police stations, parks, and roads are usually designed and coordinated to meet demands created by housing development. Social and equity concerns. The key objective of social goals is to reduce or eliminate housing inadequacies affecting the poor, those unable to find suitable housing, and those discriminated against. In other words, communities have an obligation to provide safe, satisfactory housing opportunities to all households, at costs they can afford, without regard to income, race, religion, national origin, family structure, or disability. Design and environmental quality. The location and design of housing affect the natural environment, residents' quality of life, and the nature of community life. The objectives of policies that address design and environmental quality include neighborhood and housing designs that meet: household needs, maintain quality of life, provide efficient use of land and resources, reduce environmental impacts, and allow for the establishment of social and civic life and institutions. Most communities address these issues through local building codes, comprehensive land use plans, and development codes. • Stability of production. Housing is a factor in every community's economy. The cyclical nature of housing markets, however, creates 2 The Practice of Local Government Planning, 2nd Edition, International City Managers Association, 1988. Page 14 ECONorthwest Part 11 — Eugene Housing Needs Analysis