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Regional housing needs assessment finds Valley County short roughly 1,200–1,400 units over next decade; affordability crisis hits renters and local workforce
Summary
The West Central Mountains Economic Development Council presented a regional housing needs assessment showing rapid home-price growth, a shortage of affordable rental stock for local workers and a projected need for roughly 1,191 additional units (conservative) to meet demand; action planning and infrastructure funding were discussed.
Lindsay Harris, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council (EDC), told Valley County commissioners on Feb. 18 that the EDC has completed a regional housing needs assessment covering Valley County, the cities of Cascade, Donnelly and McCall and Meadows Valley. The assessment, she said, is publicly available and was funded by a combination of Valley County contributions, state grants and private foundations.
Harris said the assessment used market and census data, a nearly 700-response public survey and targeted interviews with developers, property managers, builders and local officials. It quantified both rental- and ownership-level needs across income bands and identified a conservative estimate of 1,191 new housing units needed to address current demand and projected population growth; when…
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