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IDHA presents housing needs assessment; residents cite vacancy, housing-condition concerns
Summary
An Illinois Housing Development Authority planner presented a housing needs assessment to Effingham residents showing most parcels are residential, high single-family share and limited perceived vacancy; community members raised concerns about rental property condition, blight enforcement and how to convert vacant lots into housing.
Christopher Walton, a community revitalization planner with the Illinois Housing Development Authority, presented the results of a housing needs assessment and housing-stock survey to an Effingham focus group. He told attendees the survey maps show about "71% of the community is residential" and that most residential buildings are single-family detached (a figure he reported near "91.2%").
Walton said volunteers completed a parcel-by-parcel exterior survey and that the team found roughly "98% of the residential parcels are actually occupied," with the perceived…
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