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Housing Element -2- IN Introduction (Cont' d. , 1. Is structurally sound, water -tight and weather -tight, with adequate cooking and plumbing facilities, heat, light, and ventilation; 2. Contains enough rooms to provide reasonable privacy for its occupants; . 3. Is within the economic means of the households -who occupy it; 4. Isnot unavailable because of discriminatory practices; and 5. Is situated in an environment which does not endanger the health, safety or well-being of its occupants, and which provides convenient access to employment as well as adequate services and facilities (Section 6404) . The revised guidelines seek to simplify the needs identification process by emphasizing the use of census data in evaluating housing need (Section 6442) and by focusing on specific measure of current and prospective need (Section 6438). The revised Guidelines.also seek to more clearly define the community whose needs are to be served by the local housing element. In emphasizing the importance of intergovernmental coordination among localities within a housing market, the 1971 Guidelines recognized that local housing policies and programs affect households living outside the local boundaries and that housing need is primarily a function of the general housing market. The revised Guidelines make explicit this recogni- tion by defining the community to be served by the local housing element to include a fair share of those market area households who do not live in the locality, but whose housing opportunities are affected by the plannin decisions of the locality (Section 6418). The revised Guidelines also establish a fair share allocation for market area households whose needs must be adequately addressed in the housing element(Article 21 Sections 6420-6436). The fair share allocations are to be made by the regional Councils of Governments (COGs). The City of Colton is within the regional jurisdiction of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). This fair share allocation approach to assessing the market area component of need is consistent with both federal policies and California case law. Once the housing needs of the community have been identified, adequate provision must be made for the identified needs through the development and implementation of a housing program. The 1971 Guidelines seek to require each locality to describe its housing program in terms of long-range and short-range program objectives. Program objectives are to be described in terms of the specific items to be accomplished, the principal actors responsible for accomplishing the program objectives, and a time frame for accomplishment. The revised regulations call for a more comprehensive statement of the locality's housing policies, priorities, and goals and the steps which a locality is undertaking or anticipates undertaking to effectuate these policies, priorities and goals (Section 6450) . In addition to requiring that adequate provision be made for the housing needs of all economic segments of the community, the housing element mandate contained in State law establishes two general standards to which the housing program must adhere. It must include standards and plans for the improvement of housing and the provision of adequate sites for housing (Section 65302(c) .