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r - <br />SEP 221992 <br />TO: James Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />DI ON HEAD CONCURRENCE: <br />obert M. Reati g AIC <br />Community DevelopfRent rector <br />FROM: Christopher D. Rison -46 fL <br />Senior Planner, Current Development <br />DATE: September 8, 1992 <br />SUBJECT: Neighborhood Substandard Housing Inventory <br />BOOK 87 <br />P u 6�jq -7 <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal <br />consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular <br />meeting of September 22, 1992. <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: <br />The quality of the housing stock is an important factor for every <br />community. Poor quality or substandard housing creates a decline <br />in property values for both the substandard unit property,and the <br />adjacent properties. Additionally, substandard housing units <br />reflect upon the character and appearance of the surrounding <br />community and raise questions concerning the "quality of life" in <br />the community. <br />As directed by the Board of County Commissioners, the Affordable <br />Housing Advisory Committee has addressed the issue of substandard <br />housing. The committee's efforts relate to policy 3.2 of the <br />Housing Element of the county's comprehensive plan. <br />Housing Policy 3.2 states: . "An inventory of housing conditions <br />shall be undertaken prior to 1993 on a neighborhood by neighborhood <br />basis to determine units suitable for concentrated code <br />enforcement, rehabilitation, demolition, and , if appropriate, <br />relocation or other actions to achieve a suitable residential <br />environment. <br />The intent of the policy is to identify housing units which may be <br />substandard and then determine actions which may be undertaken <br />either to improve the quality of the unit or to arrange for <br />demolition of -the unit, if improvement is not feasible. <br />In order to identify substandard housing units in the county, <br />planning division staff has undertaken a windshield survey. The <br />survey required staff members to consider the overall appearance of <br />housing units in relation to roof and structural conditions and <br />make an evaluation indicating what type of activity, either <br />rehabilitation, demolition, or code enforcement action, would be <br />necessary to improve the quality of the housing unit. (Attachment <br />#1.) <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The results of the windshield survey are listed in the table <br />identified as Attachment #2. The results have been broken down to <br />reflect the population regions identified in* the county's <br />comprehensive plan (Attachment #3). The graphics depicted in <br />Attachments #4 through #9 show the general locations of the <br />44 <br />M M <br />