KEYS Region Citizen Survey Results 2004
Housing…
that maintains an adequate variety of housing, so that all citizens can afford to live and work within our towns.
Rated #1 priority
- Density vs. large lot and associated costs
- Work force housing
- Priority 1: eliminate de facto dual government. One--promising to reduce taxes; second increasing real estate prices (mainly land) at 20% per year and the real estate taxes at 20% per two years. This forces about 30% of seniors out of their houses. These houses will be bought by mature families with children.
Rated #2 priority
- To keep our communities diversified and affordable
- Zoning changes that facilitate more density where it already exists in our towns
- Very important so we can maintain diversity and keep necessary community service workers close to their jobs
- More coordination of efforts, especially for the mentally ill
- Develop multi-community diversity owned and reliable housing
- Affordable energy-efficient housing, affordable land for housing, section 8 vouchers-including using them for purchasing homes, not just rent
Rated #3 priority
- It appears to me that codes are written to highly discourage builders/developers to build anything less than $500,000 homes. We will encourage all service workers and wage earners to leave our area. They will have no other choice.
Rated #4 priority
- Taking care of these new children puts both town and state in red. This is an economic nonsense that must be stopped.
- Add summer worker housing; create housing for homeless, persons in need of emergency housing and transitional housing
- Needs to be additional focus on asset building, moving more lower income people into home ownership
- Develop and insert growth plan
- There’s no entry level housing – this Must happen
- Creative approach to affordable housing
- Well stated. Housing for diversity
- Affordable housing in all communities with room for growth as population changes/shifts
- Increase complexity and diversity in housing
- Affordable, safe housing
- Taxes are driving out the elderly, young
- Areas of high density housing in villages – maintaining rural areas and farmland – close border to outsiders
- Section 8 vouchers out of reach! Support for individuals and agencies to create additional housing for low income (and even more targeted as necessary i.e. transitional, mental health, substance abuse, single mothers, etc.) individuals and families
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