Specifications include, but are not limited to: TASK 1: Housing Initiatives The Consultant will review relevant existing documentation and plans, studies, efforts, organizations and programs relevant to the housing market in the City of Canton. The Consultant will identify sources of funding for technical assistance for housing and other related programs included in the current housing initiatives. The Consultant will review programs to identify redundancy, coordination and collaboration across multiple agency efforts. The Consultant will meet and interview major stakeholders, as necessary, to discuss the City's housing needs and existing efforts. Members of the Project Steering Committee will facilitate the identification of key stakeholders and the compilation of data in the City. The Consultant will synthesize the baseline inventory of current services and programs, private, nonprofit, and public operators and providers in the City. Deliverable: The Consultant will provide a Baseline Housing Initiatives Report containing the information gathered in Task 1. TASK 2: Demographic, Geographic and Economic Data The Consultant will gather specific data relevant to population, household, housing and employment statistics including, but not limited to, historical and population growth trends, demographic data, household data, and employment data. The Consultant will conduct population forecasting for the City of Canton as a whole. The Consultant will examine the poverty, homelessness, sensitive populations, the elderly, disabled etc. and identify any concentrated areas of poverty with regard to developing fair housing policies. Deliverable: The Consultant will provide a Technical Memorandum including maps, graphics, charts or other relevant depictions of the information gathered in Task 2. TASK 3: Housing Stock, Trends and Projections The Consultant will review the current housing inventory and provide specific metrics for the City of Canton regarding housing condition, ownership, type of dwelling, age of units, multiple-family units, neighborhood character, availability of utilities, access to services, etc. The Consultant will provide an inventory of existing subsidized housing, including availability, new or future subsidized housing and other dwellings which serve as a transitional and emergency housing. The Consultant will research proposed housing units, planned developments, and housing trends across the City. The Consultant will analyze and identify housing needs. Deliverable: The Consultant will provide a Technical Memorandum or other document of summary of the existing housing inventory, projected housing trends and identified needs as gathered in Task 3. TASK 4: Market Analysis The Consultant will study residential real estate trends of all types of housing including an analysis of past residential sales prices, length of time on the market, and other relevant real estate metrics. The Consultant shall include information from new residential units, types of building permits issued and trends across the City. The analysis shall include the market rate for rental units in each municipality and availability of rental units across the City of Canton. Units shall be distinguished by type, number of bedrooms, size, location and price in the analysis.