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substandard housing units identified by the survey. Additionally, Attachments #10 through #17 depict the current extent of water and sewer system services in relation to the identified substandard units. Staff has also completed a database file listing the identified substandard housing units. This database will be maintained for reference and use in following up or continuing research on substandard housing units. ANALYSIS: The most visible problems for all the substandard units throughout the county involved missing roof shingles and peeling paint for the units (over 200 units each). However, over 100 units with holes in the roof or sagging roofs were identified as well. A total of 71 units were referred to the building division for possible demolition. The building division is completing review of these referrals and is either pursuing demolition of the unit or notifying planning staff that rehabilitation activities for the units are being conducted. The compiled information indicates that over forty-five (45) percent of the county's substandard housing units are located in the Gifford Area. However, over seventy (70) percent of those substandard units would require rehabilitation rather than demolition. The second largest concentration of substandard housing units (approximately 22%) is located in the undesignated area west of the designated Wabasso Population Area. Comparing substandard housing unit locations with the current availability of water and sewer services indicates that, while some areas may have both water and sewer service available, other areas have no services available. Sewer and water service is generally well distributed throughout the Gifford area, while no water or sewer service is available in the Wabasso or Fellsmere areas. However, the substandard unit information obtained may be used in preparing utility expansion projects and other neighborhood improvement activities. By providing utility services, residents and property owners may be encouraged to maintain and rehabilitate housing units. Virtually all areas of the county were identified as having at least four substandard housing units. However, as residents undertake rehabilitation activities and other housing units decline, the identified substandard unit totals will change. The database file created by staff may be utilized as a tool to monitor changes in the amount of substandard housing in the county. On a periodic basis, new windshield surveys may be conducted to identify changes in housing conditions. In addition, the database file may be used as an information source to target neighborhoods for participation in neighborhood improvement programs sponsored by both the county and private organizations. The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee approved the staff's substandard housing inventory recommendations and voted to present the substandard housing inventory information to the Board of County Commissioners for conceptual review. RECONIl+ENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County -Commissioners review and comment on the information presented and direct staff to conduct the following activities: 1. Update the maintain a considered substandard housing inventory on an annual basis to current accounting of housing units which may be substandard; and 45 r bou 87 fAfE 700