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Prescott council narrows workforce‑housing priorities, directs consultant to spend up to $75,000
Summary
After debate over scope and costs, Prescott council directed staff to use up to the $75,000 grant to advance three focused workforce‑housing initiatives — a decision framework, a path to homeownership (including potential land‑trust or rehab tools) and employee housing resources — and asked the committee for one final meeting before implementation.
Prescott City Council on March 24 narrowed the initial implementation plan for workforce housing and instructed staff to use up to the $75,000 grant to develop a limited set of initiatives.
Amber Fraser, management analyst and staff liaison for the workforce housing committee, told the council the consultant quoted roughly $41,000 to begin work on initiatives 4, 5 and 7 and that initiatives 1 and 3 were already covered under the consultant contract. Councilors debated whether to pursue code amendments or keep changes at a policy level and how much city staff time implementation would require.
The move matters because the consultant’s…
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