Housing Initiative Activities
ULI MN/RCM Housing Tool Box
The Housing Policy Tool Box has been launched to disseminate local and national best practices related to the preservation and production of a full range of housing choices in the Twin Cities metropolitan region. The Housing Policy Tool Box, is an online guide to state and local housing policy developed and maintained by the Center for Housing Policy, the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference in partnership with ULI Minnesota (ULI MN) and the Regional Council of Mayors.
Opportunity City Pilot Program
The ULI MN/RCM Housing Initiative’s Opportunity City Pilot Program is a comprehensive, centralized, sustainable, learning community that provides support and resources to local municipal officials who seek to provide a full range of housing choices in their community. The program relies on peer-to-peer learning, technical assistance and dissemination of best practices. It is made possible by financial support from the Family Housing Fund.
Read the Housing Initiative Opportunity City Executive Summary Report, September 2009.
Download the full report here.
Five communities were selected to participate in the Opportunity City Pilot Program: Rosemount, Shoreview, Brooklyn Park, Minnetonka and Richfield. These cities received expert technical help for everything from performing housing audits and creating strategies for developing specific sites to involving residents in the planning process. The Housing Initiative will use the experience of working with the pilot program communities as well the communities to be selected for the second round, to identify and expand an approach that will serve as a model for other cities at a regional scale. Read Opportunity City Pilot Program Next Steps.
Opportunity City Pilot Program Summary Reports
City of Richfield
City of Rosemount
City of Shoreview
City of Minnetonka
City of Brooklyn Park
Demographic Community Change Reports
With financial support from the Metropolitan Council, ULI MN/RCM contracted with Excensus, LLC for the collection and analysis of household and parcel level data for the five Opportunity Cities, summarized by county and the region as a whole.
This is new and unique information. By design, it is based on household changes by specific property parcels tracked over a four year period (2004 to 2007) for the 7-county metro area. The information tracks households, housing usage and turnover for over 1 million profiled addresses. This data is more definitive, current and accurate than other data sources that have traditionally been summarized. The data is not estimates but includes specific counts with 95 percent coverage and accuracy. The parcel information, through GIS, can be rolled up (or drilled down) to almost any area within a 4-household level to fit almost any geographic area. And the information shows household change and usage flows - where households are moving to and from - rather than a snapshot in time.
Click on the link below for a summary of the Community Change Information.
Regional Summary
County Summaries:
Anoka County
Carver County
Dakota County
Scott County
Suburban Hennepin County
Suburban Ramsey County
Washington County
Opportunity City Summaries
City of Richfield
City of Rosemount
City of Shoreview
City of Minnetonka
City of Brooklyn Park
Resources
Housing Inititiave 2010 Workplan
Southwest Corridor Workplan
Housing Audit Template
Community Site Principles
Technical Assistance Panel Report
Performance Measures
Opportunity City Best Practices