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Housing solutions focus of new column
By Kiki Miller Like many of you, I became frustrated with the ongoing podium, street corner and online discussions ranting and raving at the housing costs that escalated so quickly during the pandemic. Over the past three years I have been working in the housing and...
Next Steps: The Housing Availability and Affordability Study
Next Steps: The Updated Housing Availability and Affordability Study for Kootenai County 2023 This is a 2023 update of the 2021 housing market study of Kootenai County including her cities and towns. Its purpose is to provide 2023 analyses and metrics and to offer...
RHGIP Past Presentations Listed
The Regional Housing & Growth Issues Partnerships has presented to the following city councils, planning commissions, nonprofits, business groups and more: 4/4/23 - Coeur d'Alene City Council 3/21/23 - Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Connect4Lunch 11/22 - Planning...
Coeur d’Alene City Council approves Coeur Terre
The Coeur d'Alene City Council this week approved a development that could significantly increase the availability of local worker housing in Coeur d'Alene. The Coeur Terre development is slated to include 2,800 housing units. Read more:...
Survey sheds light on county’s rental market and housing crisis
Kootenai County renters are paying an average of 51 percent of their income toward rent and nearly all shouldered rent increases in the past year, according to results of a recent survey. The community-based nonprofit surveyed 1,495 renters and 18 property managers to...
Homesharing a win-win solution
Area seniors and empty nesters with spare space in their homes could help provide local worker housing and earn rental income under a homesharing program being launched by the Regional Housing and Growth Issues Partnership. The partnership on Friday formed a Homeshare...
Partnership shares housing crisis solutions
COEUR d’ALENE – After several months of meetings and strategizing, the Regional Housing and Growth Issues Partnership is sharing solutions for Kootenai County’s housing crisis. Elected officials, public planning professionals, nonprofits, community organizations and...
Mortgage data sheds further light on housing crisis
In his latest Economic Perspectives column, Washington Trust Bank Economist Steve Scranton explores housing affordability. His findings mirror much of what we already know from The Housing Affordability & Availability Study for Kootenai County. Some key takeaways...
Local worker housing needs highlighted
The labor shortage and a lack of worker housing are hitting Kootenai County harder than other areas. A regional labor economist's presentation to the Coeur d'Alene Regional Chamber underscores the need for worker housing solutions. In his February 8 presentation to...
The Housing Availability & Affordability Study
The Housing Availability and Affordability Study for Kootenai County was sponsored by Jobs Plus, Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance, Avista Foundation and University of Idaho's College of Business and Economics to analyze the region's housing challenges in the face...