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10 PRESERVING HOUSING: A BEST PRACTICES REPORT <br /> • Offer access to direct housing preservation services (p. 72 in <br /> Chapter 2) <br /> These measures relate to a city's decision to ensure that housing repair and <br /> rehabilitation services are available to its residents. <br /> Yes No <br /> A. Is a high percentage of rehabilitated units sold or rented <br /> within a reasonable time from their purchase? Do the new <br /> owners or renters of rehabilitated units maintain them? <br /> B. Do staff document program inputs, such as the number of ❑ ❑ <br /> hours spent(including administrative time)by program? <br /> C. Do staff monitor program outputs, such as tracking the -� ❑ <br /> number of projects completed(e.g.,repairs, septic tanks <br /> pumped,fences erected)or the number of housing units it has <br /> purchased,rehabilitated,and sold or rented within the <br /> jurisdiction? <br /> D. Do staff track the efficiency of their services, such as the ] [.:] <br /> number of clients served per staff person or the number of <br /> rehabbed units per staff person? <br /> E. Do staff track the outcomes of repair or rehabilitation J ❑ <br /> • projects, such as increasing the percentage of deficient <br /> housing units receiving comprehensive weatherization? <br /> Evaluate housing strategies (p. 74 in Chapter 2) <br /> The measures a city uses to evaluate its housing strategies will relate directly to <br /> the goals the city has set. The following measures relate to the goals identified in <br /> Chapter 2. <br /> Yes No <br /> A. In cities with local housing-related codes,is an increasing ❑ ❑ <br /> percentage of housing in the city compliant with local code <br /> requirements? <br /> B. Does the city measure how well its housing strategies meet its ] ❑ <br /> housing goals? <br /> C. Can the city detect changes in individual property values as 1 ❑ <br /> determined by assessors' estimated market values of <br /> improvements? <br /> D. Are elected leaders and staff receiving fewer complaints _7 ❑ <br /> about the city's housing or has a survey shown improved <br /> resident satisfaction with the condition of the city's housing? <br /> E. Are government housing programs creating"spin-off ❑ ❑ <br /> • investment"or additional residential investments? <br />