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8.A. - Page 5 issued building permits since 2014 (page H -105, proposed 2015 -2023 Housing Element). In this Housing Element, the City also needs to address the outstanding need of 1,637 units for other income groups. Fortunately, the City has identified adequate sites to meet this need, both in the Downtown area and in the Mixed Use Corridor areas along Veterans, Broadway, and El Camino Real (see map on Page H -116, Housing Element). Further explanation of these sites are also located in Appendix B of the Housing Element. The remaining required content is the goals, policies, and implementation programs to achieve housing objectives. This is the heart of the Housing Element, and identifies the strategies the City will undertake to address the needs, constraints, and resources identified in the previous sections. This section of the Housing Element is located in Attachment 2 and key issues are described below. Key Issues — Early in the Housing Element process, staff identified four major areas for revision or new implementation programs: 1. Ensure Opportunities for Affordability. Affordability is an area of critical concern in the region, and the City identified new programs such as the participation in the Countywide Nexus Study (Program H -3), a study of community benefits as it relates to providing housing stock for all income levels (Program H -14), and opportunities to develop new housing for extremely low income households (Program H -14). 2. Address Senior Housing Needs. Seniors have specialized housing needs and are expected to be a growing segment of Redwood City's population. To address this population, the City proposes to support organizations that facilitate shared housing and new senior housing options and consider enacting a "universal design" ordinance (Program H -5). The City also suggests revising the Zoning Ordinance to simplify and clarify definitions and permitted uses for residential care facilities (Program H -8). 3. Make it Easier to Construct Housing. One of the ongoing goals of the City's Housing Element is to identify barriers to housing and implement programs and policies to remove those barriers. The City has identified several development standards that warrant further study to ensure they are not precluding needed development. These programs include parking standards for single - family, duplex and triplexes (Program H -10), minimum lot widths and sizes for small -unit developments (Program H -11), and reviewing the Accessory Dwelling Unit standards (Program H -12 and currently underway). 4. Build on the Success of the Downtown. The Downtown Precise Plan has been an extremely successful tool for encouraging housing development near transit.