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facilities in the center." According to the plan, their "actual locations require local analysis." Plan II-E-3. According to the 1981 Acknowledgment report, "I`hese locations comprise a Large portion of needed multifamily land." June 12,1981, LCDC Acknowledgment Report at 72. Very little of this land has actually received multi-family zoning, and none has developed as law-income hauling. Refinement planning has steadily chipped away at the Land base for affordable housing. In some cases, refinement plans narrowly interpret general Metro Plan designations. In other cases they apply an overlay of vague and restrictive policies and require special review procedures. These policies, standards, and procedures probably violate GRS 197.307~h}, which provides that H~6} Any approval standards, special conditions and the procedures adopted by a local government shall be clear and objective and sha11 not have the effect, either in themselves, or cumulatively, of discouraging needed housing through unreasonable cost or delay." Unfortunately, the statute can only be enforced at prohibitive costs in dollars, delay, and, in many cases, of critically needed good will. The 1989 Lane County Task Force on Homelessness and Affordable Housing found that: "Although many factors are involved with homelessness, the Task Force views homelessness as first and foremost a housing affordability problem. As a result, the cornerstone of any effort to meet the needs of homeless people must be the development of long-term, affordable housing." November, 1989, Report of Lane County Task Force on Homelessness and Affordable Housing. "For every $1,40o of housing cost reduced, the proportion of fanulies who can afford housing dramatically increases due to the shape of the income distribution curve." Bergman, Development Controls and Housing Cos#s: A Policy Guide #o Research, in Volume III, Management and Control of Growth ~ULI 1975} 531. 'Per unit differentials which are due to zoning•induced unbalances of supply currently exact a premium or 'hidden tax' on smaller lot, lower cost housing," Bergman, Development Can#rols and Housing Costs; A Policy Guide #o Research, in Volume III, Managemen# and Control of Growth ~ULI 1975} 531. Affordable Housing for the Low-income Elderly: There is a special need for an alternative, affordable, and attractive housing choice for cower-income elderly. This segment of the Metro Area's population is sitting an one of the area's most important resources--its existing stock of lower-priced, older existing homes. It has long been understood that, although new housing construction only accounts for a Springwood Plan Amendment Applica#ion Applicant's Proposed Findings March 20,1991 Drab Page 13