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Nearly 7,000 "house- the Archdiocese of St. house and apartment de- been able, without some posal for an independent
holds" in Maplewood, Paul-Minneapolis claims. velopment at Larpenteur form of government assis- citizens' advisory commit-
North St. Paul and Oak- That's one reason cited and Century Avenues in tance, to provide enough tee — with membership
dale are eligible for low- by the archdiocese for its Maplewood. low cost housing for the entirely Maplewood resi-
moderate income, govern- proposal for a 175-unitThe housing complex people who are most in dents.
ment-subsidized housing, federal 236 program town- also would be close to need," the archdiocese re —In this way all major
Oakdale and North St. ported. planning decisions will
Paul. Maplewood's V i 11 a g have "considerable input"
The archdiocese, in a Council is expected to from persons most affect-
written report circulated reach a decision on the ed by the development,
at a recent public hearing archdiocese's building the archdiocese said.
on the proposal, said the proposal at a meeting
nearly 7,000 low-moderate Thursday night.
income households were The proposal includes
listed in a market survey housing units that range
conducted last year. from one to four bed-
"The proposed develop- rooms — intended for
el-
ment is a direct response household types from deny individuals to work-
to this m o d e r d growing demand
1and dy- ing families with children.
tor n
Some 41 one-bedroom
priced housing( in these
apartments have been de-
communities and through- signed specifically for the
o u t the metropolitan
elderly.
area," the archdiocese as-
serted. "Low, moderate They would be located
in a garden apartment
and even middle-income
families in the Twin Cities complex near Larpenteur
and suburbs are finding it Ave
increasingly difficult to Thee remaining units are
r.
designed mostly as town-
buy or rent housing at
prices they can afford and houses as a means of pro
in locations where they viding what the arch-
desire to live. diocese describes as max-
According to the Metro imum privacy for larger
families.
Council, the majority of A multi-use community
families in the seven- building also has been
county metro region can- planned.
not afford to purchase the p The project would be
average-priced new home. managed by a non-profit
"With increases in the corporation established
cost of land, labor and by the archdiocese's Ur-
materials, the private ban Affairs Commission.
housing market has not But there's also a pro-