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Council presses to prioritize teachers and essential workers in workforce housing plan
Summary
Multiple council members and staff emphasized prioritizing housing that helps recruit and retain teachers, police and public works staff; staff said success would be measured by easing hiring challenges.
Council members repeatedly raised workforce retention as a primary goal for the 80‑acre plan, naming teachers, law enforcement and public works staff as essential groups the town should consider serving. "As a staff member, success to me would be when we're hiring a new teacher or a new police officer... that will be such a big relief if we're successful with this," said a staff member (speaker 6).
Council members asked whether prioritizing public employees was feasible and how that would interact with funding sources such as LIHTC. Rick Simpkins said the town can design eligibility waterfalls for for‑sale homes (for example, offering units first to county employees, then city employees, then other public service workers) but noted federal rent subsidies tied to LIHTC limit some prioritization in rental units.
