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City of Elk River, Minnesota Tax Increment Applications for Proposed Jackson Hill Residential Suites Housing Project and Elk River Lodge and Residential Suites, LLC April 25,2017 Page 7 Project Qualifications: Definition of Housing and Redevelopment Districts Housing districts are a type of tax increment financing district that consist of a project intended for occupancy, in part, by persons or families of low and moderate income. Low and moderate income is defined in federal, state, and municipal legislation. A project does not qualify if more than 20% of the square footage of buildings that receive assistance from tax increments consist of commercial, retail or other nonresidential use. In addition, housing districts are subject to various income limitations and requirements for residential property. For owner occupied residential property, 95%of the housing units must be initially purchased and occupied by individuals whose family income is less than or equal to the income requirements for qualified mortgage bond projects under section 143(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. For residential rental property, the property must satisfy the income requirements for a qualified residential rental project as defined in section 142(4)of the Internal Revenue Code which states the following: • at least 20%of the units will be occupied by persons or families with incomes no greater than 50% of county median income or • at least 40% of the units will be occupied by persons or families with incomes no greater than 60%of county median income. Tax increments derived from a housing district must be used solely to finance the cost of housing projects as defined in section 469.174, subd. II and 469.176 of the TIF Act. The cost of public improvements directly related to the housing projects and the allocated administrative expenses of the City may be included in the cost of a housing project. The City anticipates using tax increment revenues to finance a portion of the extraordinary costs associated with providing the affordable housing units. The term of a Housing District is 25 years after receipt of first increment. Redevelopment districts are tax increment financing districts consisting of a project, or portions of a project, within which is found by resolution that one or more of the following conditions, reasonably distributed throughout the district, exists: (1) parcels consisting of 70 percent of the area of the district are occupied by buildings, streets, utilities, paved or gravel parking lots, or other similar structures and more than 50 percent of the buildings, not including outbuildings, are structurally substandard to a degree requiring substantial renovation or clearance; (2) the property consists of vacant, unused, underused, inappropriately used, or infrequently used rail yards, rail storage facilities, or excessive or vacated railroad rights-of-way; (3) tank facilities, or property whose immediately previous use was for tank facilities, as defined in section 115C.02, subdivision 15, if the tank facilities: