Rural Workforce Housing

The lack of affordable housing has been perceived as a barrier for economic development in rural areas where there is a shortage of housing for the workforce. This article reported the results of a series of Town Hall meetings where workforce housing issues were discussed and the results of an e-mail survey of members of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA). The GEDA provided a statewide framework linking both public and private organizations with shared interests in economic development. Participants in the Town Hall meetings as well as the economic developers who responded to the survey were not convinced that housing is a key to economic development. Many of the respondents in both groups agreed that there was an inadequate supply of housing types. However, a substantial proportion in both groups thought that there was too much of certain housing types. Relatively high percentages in both groups were unaware of housing finance programs and other incentives to create workforce housing. Both groups identified several important challenges to developing rural workforce housing and felt that funds available to assist with the development of single family and multi-family housing were insufficient to meet current and future demand

Affordable housing · Business · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Government (linguistics · Incentive · Workforce · Housing Market and Economics · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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