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Comprehensive Plan Housing Element current and anticipated future residents and households with special housing needs including rural residents and farmworkers by allowing affordable housing in all residential areas, rehabilitating existing units with SHIP funds, utilizing CDBG funds for housing rehabilitation and neighborhood revitalization, and undertaking other measures to minimize the need for additional local services and avoid a concentration of affordable housing units in specific areas. OBJECTIVE 3 IMPROVED PROPERTY MAINTENANCE/ELIMINATION OF SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS By 2015, the number of sub -standard housing units (units lacking complete plumbing and units with no heating facilities) will be 10% less than the number of sub -standard units identified in 2010 census. POLICY 3.1: The Indian River County Property Maintenance Code shall continue to be the county's standard for public health, safety, and welfare with regard to occupancy limits based on unit size, provision of adequate plumbing facilities, and prevention of exterior physical deterioration. This code will be enforced by the building division and code enforcement section staffs. POLICY 3.2: The county shall do a periodic inventory of housing conditions, as permitted by funding and staffing, on a neighborhood by neighborhood basis to identify units suitable for concentrated code enforcement, rehabilitation, demolition, or other actions to achieve a suitable residential environment. POLICY 3.3: In areas with a high percentage of substandard housing units, the county shall provide property owners with consumer information and technical assistance on new housing products and their applications in order to encourage improved housing maintenance. POLICY 3.4: The county shall improve the appearance of housing units within low income neighborhoods by participating in the World Changers Program. POLICY 3.5: The county shall offer rehabilitation loan assistance through its local housing assistance program, cooperative ventures with non-profit groups, or Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) type programs to effect spot removal of blighted structures and blighting influences. POLICY 3.6: The County shall continue to apply its SHIP program "Minimum Standards for Rehabilitation of Residential Properties" to all SHIP rehabilitation work activities. POLICY 3.7: The county shall work with community based organizations to inform and encourage people to rehabilitate their home by utilizing the county's local housing assistance program. 51 Community Development Department Indian River County