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Future Households, This resulted in a need for a range of between 40,000 to 49 Ooo added dwelling units within the planning period. The breakdown of dwellin units b e is in a table g Y tYp titled Eugene-Springf eld Urban Growth Boundary 1990-2015 Housin Unit Demand. g Based on the above analysis and that contained in the 1999 Technical Su 1 and Demand . pP Y Analysis, the housing needs projection does take into account financial ca abilities of future . P residents ~n pro~ect~ng housing for the planning period. (h) Cansistent with any adapted regional housing standards, state statutes and LCDC administrative rules; and There are no adopted regional housing standards for the Eugene-Springfield area com arable to . p those adopted for the Portland Metropolitan area ~n LCDC's Metrpolitan Hous~n Rule DAR . g ~~ 660-07}. The existing Metro Plan policy establishing density ranges low Low, Medium and High-Density Residential can be considered a regional standard. As documented in the 1999 Technical Supply and Demand Analysis, the proposed amendments are consistent with this standard. In 1995, the Dregon Legislature passed House Bill 2709 FHB 2709} concerning lannin for p g needed housing. Goal 10, Dregon Revised Statutes and Administrative Rules alread re uired . Y q ~ur~sdict~ons to analyze and provide for needed housing prior to the adoption of HB 2709. HB 2709 supplemented these provisions as follows. 1, Refined the definition of "buildable lands", 2. Required coordination of population projections, 3. Set criteria for prioritizing land for UGB expansions, and 4. Set specific requirements in DRS 197.296. Provisions #1 through #3 apply to all Oregon jurisdictions, including Eugene-Sprin f eld. .. g Provisions # 1 and #2 were addressed in this study, Provision #3 was not addressed in this stud y because no urban growth boundary amendments are proposed. Regarding #4, the Eugene-Springfield area is not required to comply with DRS 197.296 at this time, as ex lained p below. 1. Definition of Buildable Lands [ORS 197.295(1)] Buildable lands now include "developed land likely to be redeveloped." Prior to HB 2709, it was a local option as to whether or not to include redevelopable lands in the buildable lands iThe Residential Lands Study Citizen Advisory Committee decided to use a ran a that g was 10 percent below and above the actual prof ection to allow a reasonable latitude in the projection number. This same range is used throughout the study analysis. 13 - Findings in Support of Metro Plan Amendments