Promoting Workforce Housing
This series on workforce housing—housing that is affordable to the working public—received a 2008 Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach. These reports were developed largely in response to a growing concern over skyrocketing housing prices and the resulting effect on the future economic growth of the county. To attract and retain workers, an adequate supply of reasonably priced homes is essential. We encourage governments, developers, and employers to examine and embrace their role in promoting and providing more reasonably priced homes for the county’s workforce.