According to a Planning Department 2000 Census Report and verified against Census Bureau website data, the number of Census-enumerated housing units in Minneapolis are:
1980: 168,828 1990: 172,666 2000: 168,606 Absolute decrease of 4,060 housing units. The number of occupied dwelling units went up from 1990 to 2000 by 1,670 increasing the occupancy rate. While not casting any claim on whether or not the City has been too aggressive in demolishing housing units over the past decade, the Census data does not claim anywhere near a loss of 17,000 units. Does anyone have the number of housing demo permits issued by the City as well as new unit production for Mr. Bonham? Matt Bower Office of Grants & Special Projects City of Minneapolis Nokomis Resident > Tim Bonham wrote: > > Statements like the following always seem to set my personal BS detector > ringing: > >Most of us are well aware that a major contributor to the affordable > housing > >crisis is the "demolition quest" the city has been on for almost a > decade. > > Whenever anyone starts out saying "we all know that...", I look to see > what > they are trying to sell me. > > So before I'm willing to agree that I am "well aware that...", I'd like to > see some figures from David supporting this assertion. For example: > - are demolition permits for past years significantly higher than > previous years? > - are the majority of these demolition permits obtained by the > city, or by individual owners? > - are houses being demolished because of a city "demolition > quest", or simply because of an aging housing stock? I.E., is the average > age of houses being demolished going down? > > snip > > David Piehl writes: > > Some months ago, there was lengthy discussion on the reduction in total > number > of dwelling units available in the city of Minneapolis, based on census > data - > it was something like 17,000 units less. The discussions that ensued - as > well > as work done by several affordable housing groups - identified demolition > as the > primary driver behind the reduction in the number of units available; > hence the > (overly broad) statement to open the discussion. _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
