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The national, state and local trends described in the Task Force Report "~~ave drastica]ly affected the ability of these Lane County residents to find and retain housing." "t]sing the federal definition of affordable lousing as 30 percer~t of I~ouseho]d income for rent and utilities, ...there are very few re~~tal or for-sale units affordable to County residents; who fall into these income categories. " Land intended to meet the need for affordable ~~ousi~~g, namely land designated for multiple family use, has proven not to be actually and meaningfully available for-such housing. one main reason that such ]ands are not in fact available for affordable housing has been that affordable housing has been unable to compete ~~~ith other uses permitted on such Iands. A principal competing use ishigher-income j~~ultiple family housing, which has driven the price of land available for multiple-family housing out of reach, as evidenced by tl~e increasing market values of such lands and by the dearth of affordable mu]ti-family housing construction in the last ten years. "For every $1,040 of housing cost reduced, the proportion of families who can afford housing dramatically increases due to the shape of the income distribution cur~~e." Bergman, Development Controls and Housi~~g Costs: A Policy wide to research, in Volume 1~1`, Management. and Co~Ztrol of Gr•o~~~tl~ ~ULI 1975} 531. "Per unit differentials which are due to zoning-induced imbalances of supply currently exact a premium or 'hidden tax' on sma]]er lot, lo~~fer cast housing:" Bergman, Development Controls and Housing Costs: A Policy Gttide to Research, in Volume II1, Ma~~agement and Control of Gro~~~th ~ULZ 1975} 531. Goal 1 ~ -Public Facilities and Services. This goal requires the provision of a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services. All urban services needed far the proposed development are available in this fully-developed and well-served central urban area, including fire and police protection, parks, sanitary and storm sewers, mass transit, schools, and urban arterial streets. Sanitary Se~~~er: The site is ser~~ed by a system of gravity pipes ranging in size from 8" to 42" in diameter. See Figure 6.3F in the EDA Study. The existing 42" pipe carrying flows west from the northern end of the site has ample capacity to handle the proposed project, and the applicant proposes to tie a]1 development on the site into that pipe. There are capacity problems with the sewer along Main Street upstream easterly} from the south end of the property. Tl~e City's 1989 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan coils fir. replacing the 27" pipe reach along Main from 32nd Street east with 3~" pipe. The ~~-~ project's use of the 42" main at the north end of the property .would have no effect upon this problem or the proposed solution. 9