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The national, state and local trends described in the Task Force Report tthave drastically affected the ability of these Lane County residents to find and retain housing. II "Using the federal definition of affordable housing as 30 percent of household income for rent and utilities, . . . there are very few rental or for-sale units affordable to County residents; who fall into these income categories. II Land intended to meet the need for affordable housing, namely land designated for multiple family use, has proven not to be actually and meaningfully available for such housing. One main reason that such lands are not in fact available for affordable housing has been that affordable housing has been unable to con1pete \vith other uses permitted on such lands. A principal competing use is highe~-income Inultiple fami.ly housing, which has driven the price of land available for multiple-family housing out of reach, as evidenced by the increasing market values of such lands and by the dearth of affordable multi-family housing construction in the last ten years. "For every $1,000 of housing cost reduced, the proportion of families who can afford housing dramatically increases due to the shape of the income distribution curve." Bergman, Development Controls and Housing Costs: A Policy Guide to Research, in Volume III, l\1anagement and Control of Gro,vtll (ULI 1975) 531. "P~r unit differentials which are due to zoning-induced imbalances of supply currently exact a premium or 'hidden tax' on smaller lot, lower cost housing." Bergman, Development Controls and Housing Costs: A Policy Guide to Researcll, in Volume III, Mallagenlent and Control of Gro\\7t.h (ULI 1975) 531. - Goal I! - Public Facilities 311d Sel."ices. This goal requires the provision of a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services. All urban services needed for the proposed development are avatlable 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 served 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 th~ site has ample capacity to handle the proposed project, and the applicant proposes to tie all developlnent on the site into that pipe. There are capacity problelTIS w~th the sewer along ,Main Street upstream (easterly) from the south end of the property. The City's 1989 Sanitary Sewer Master Plan calls for replacing the 27" pipe reach along t\1ain fronl 32nd Street east with 361t pipe. The project's use of the 42t1 nlain at the north end of the property would have no effect upon this problem or the proposed solution. 9