Background  

Community Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning Process  

Figure 1. Potential Housing Needs Assessment and Strategy Uses 
Figure 2. Steps in the CHNAS Process 

Figure 3. How to Establish the Problem 
Figure 4. Suggested Housing Task Force Membership 

Figure 5. Identifying Local Housing Problems--Questions to Answer 

Figure 6. Suggested Community Housing Profile Table of Contents 
Figure 7. The Community Housing Delivery System 

Figure 8. Sample Housing Needs Assessment Table of Contents 
Figure 9. Housing Standards for Adequacy, Affordability & Availability 
Figure 10. Housing Affordability for Low/Moderate Income Residents 
Figure 11. A Regulatory Rating Sheet 
Figure 12. Housing Needs Assessment Windshield Survey Techniques 

Figure 13. Sample Community Housing Goals and Objectives 

Figure 14. Sample Local Strategies/National Affordable Housing Goals 
Figure 15. Strategies, Policies, and Actions that can Influence Housing Cost Components 

Figure 16. Needs, Goals, and Strategies: A Fill-in-the-Blank Model 

Glossary  

Appendix A. Community Housing Profile Information/Data Types, Applications, and Sources  

Appendix B. Blank Tables to Accompany Community Housing Profile  

B-1. Net Residential Gains in City 
B-2. New-Housing Construction Costs 
B-3. Random Sample of Land Costs for Vacant Residential Land 

C-1. City Rental Housing Cost Survey Results 

Appendix E. AAHE Members Available to Assist with Community Housing Plans  

    
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