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Program Evaluation DivisionPreserving Housing: A Best Practices Review
April 16, 2003
This report recommends best practices for local governments to preserve housing in their jurisdiction and features local agencies that use the practices.
*Supplemental Items 
(PDF) (These do not appear in the printed report.)
- Surveys
- Local housing organizations
(Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)
- Sample of cities from among those with the State Building Code
(Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)
- Sample of cities from among those without the State Building Code
(Aggregate results) (Table of questionnaire recipients and respondents)
- Local housing organizations
- Links to Web sites related to preserving
housing
- Checklist of performance
measures in preserving housing
- Supplemental materials from examples of best practices
- Cottage Grove's rental
inspection checklist
- Faribault's building code handouts (select examples only)
- Mounds View's pre-inspection
information
- St. Paul's Neighborhood Housing and Property Improvement Rules and Procedures (select excerpts)
- Cottage Grove's rental
inspection checklist