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Community-provided benefits for builders explained
A few facts provided by the North Idaho Building Contractors Association, the National Home Builders Association and our local professional studies show the following: • Building costs have gone up 200% in the past few years. • Nearly 70% of all jobs in the community...
CDA City Council approves partnership funding
The Coeur d’Alene City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved reallocating $18,750 to the Panhandle Area Council for the Housing Solutions Partnership. While PAC will provide fiscal oversight, the Housing Solutions Partnership will focus on its overall mission to...
PAC steps up for Housing Solutions Partnership
In case you missed last Wednesday’s paper, the front page carried a story about city of Coeur d’Alene funds being transferred to Panhandle Area Council for the restricted purpose of supporting the Housing Solutions Partnership. The significance of this move is in...
Progress on housing solution education
The housing solutions partnership is just that. It is a partnership of all of the jurisdictions in Kootenai County that deal with housing and growth-related organizations. One of its main goals is to provide education on what is and is not possible in our area, and to...
‘Shuttered projects’ could hold valuable housing clues
Much of the anxiety in the community about housing and growth issues comes from a lack of information or false beliefs about what is happening. Political rhetoric and posturing also may lead to outcomes with unintended consequences. One solution being discussed by the...
Housing shortage by the numbers
By Kiki Miller The housing crisis isn’t only local; it’s a national issue. “If we don’t build it, they won’t come” has been floated in area conversations. What is happening in reality is they still come, but in higher income and age demographics. Even if in-migration...
Partnership Update 4/1/24
The Housing Solutions Partnership Advisory Group met Monday, March 25, for the first time since the organization’s transition from Connect Kootenai on Housing and Growth (following the dissolution of Connect Kootenai). Kiki Miller, who has been with the organization...
Important housing bill signed into law
The Housing Solutions Partnership has been working with a Northwest-based company that assists manufactured homeowners. Established in 2008, ROC Northwest is a program of the Northwest Cooperative Development Center serving residents of Manufactured Housing...
Voluntary Housing Deed Restrictions
Can deed restrictions work to ease the housing crisis? What is a deed restriction? When buying a home there are always some conditions that are specific to that piece of real estate. For example, if the home is in a neighborhood or development with a Home Owners...
Kootenai County workers unable to buy homes
For nearly three years elected officials, building and housing professionals and civic organizations have been working together to build a ToolKit of Solutions to address the housing crisis in Kootenai County. Defining affordability was a key goal. The Housing Studies...