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6. GOAL: Encourage and promote a balanced mix of housing opportunities throughout • the City's urban service area. POLICIES: • Ensure that persons or groups of persons of similar income levels have a wide range of housing choices available to them, regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regarding to public assistance, or familial status. • Provide a Fair Housing Statement to all developers who request approvals from City Hall. C. CURRENT STATUS The City's existing land use map displays four residential classifications including agricultural, low density residential, medium density residential, and high density residential. A summary of land use for the respective categories is as follows: Residential Zoning Minimum Lot Size Land Use Designation Designation Sewered Unsewered Agricultural A-1 Agricultural Conservation N/A 10 Acres • Low Density R-1A Single Family N/A 2 1/2 Acres R-1 B Single Family 12,000 sq. ft. 1 Acre R-1C Single Family 10,000 sq. ft. R-1 D Single Family 14,000 sq.ft. R-1 E Single Family 20,000 sq.ft. Medium Density R-2A Townhouse 6,000 sq. ft. R-2B Townhouse 5,500 sq. ft. High Density R-3 Multi-Family 4,500 sq. ft. R-4 Townhouse 2,500-4,000 sq. ft. Figure 4-A illustrates the city's current housing characteristics. In total there are 4,754 residential units. This number includes all single family, two family, mobile housing units and multi-family. One of the housing characteristics that stands out is 22% of the city's total housing stock is multi- family (3 units or more per acre). Figure 4-B is a list of existing multi-family projects throughout the city. A majority of the multi-family dwellings are located along School Street between Proctor and Jackson. In comparison to other communities this number is relatively high. However, the vacancy rate in 1994 was only 2% (Figure 4-C) indicating a strong demand for this housing opportunity. Another important element of the city's housing inventory is the availability of housing opportunities which are subsidized by the state. According to a 1993 report from the St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment Authority, 216 units (5.1% of the total housing units) qualify for a • subsidized program.