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IW fli labob 11 13. =Low income households and households that spend a high proportion of their income for housing are primarily single person households, households headed by persons under 25 years of age or 65 and over, households that include handicapped persons and female headed households. 14. The metropolitan area does not have an adequate number of units to meet the special housing needs of the area's elderly, handicapped, and students. 15. of the groups intended for protection by fair housing ordinances , the principal groups discriminated against in the metropolitan area are racial minorities and single heads of household - s, especially those with children. 16.. Nonlocal policies such as federal lending policies affect the metropolitan housing market. Some conflict with the goals -and objectives of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. 17. All three general purpose governments, i n the metropo l -i t an area implement- housing programs and coordinate their housing planning and implementation activities. Goal Provide vi able. residenti al communities so all residents can choose sound, affordable housing that meets individual needs. 1. Coordinate residential land use and planning w-i th other .elements of this Plan and with locally adopted plans .2. Provide residential areas that offer a variety of housing densities types, sizes, costs, and , locat ions to meet projected demand. 3. Locate residential development in relation to the avai l abi l ity' of employment, commercial services, public utilities and facilities, and transportation modes. 4 . Provide for and promote generally higher residential dens i t i es in the current urban service area to encourage a compact urban growth form. 5. Protect 'existing and proposed res i dent i al areas from conflicting nonres i dent i -al land uses providing for compatible and func - t i onal mixed-use development (residential and nonresidential). III A-3