by Housing Solutions Partnership | Apr 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Housing Solutions Partnership | Apr 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Housing Solutions Partnership | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Housing Solutions Partnership | Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Housing Solutions Partnership | Mar 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by Housing Solutions Partnership | Mar 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...