(Created for housing and community stakeholders by Erik Kingston, PCED, IHFA’s Housing Resources Coordinator | Links to presentations below)
Expanding housing choice has benefits far beyond fair housing compliance and civil rights; housing diversity is equally important for community and economic development strategies. Housing types and price points that reflect the needs and incomes of all community residents support a more stable labor force and educational system, reduce social costs of poverty, and lead to economic prosperity for all of us.
Conversely, housing speculation and inflation that drive prices up and tenants out —magnified by NIMBY opposition to residential development—create externalized costs that are shifted to local taxpayers, employers, consumers and communities. A lack of housing within reach of workers drives demand for wage increases and leads to business contraction and overall inflation.
Housing that is affordable to a range of incomes serves as a perpetual wage subsidy to local employers. — Dr. Peter Dreier
Housing can be made affordable one of two ways:
- Increase wages indefinitely to subsidize real estate speculation—this in turn fuels overall inflation in goods and services
- Increase taxes to subsidize employer and consumer costs—through housing choice vouchers and development incentives that keep rents low for essential workers (who do not earn a living wage)
Beyond speculation and NIMBY, the net costs of housing are influenced by transportation, energy, land, construction, regulatory and financing factors. In some rural Idaho communities, workers must often commute long distances to find housing within their budget, while the cost to heat or cool inefficient housing can exceed rent in some cases. So we created the ‘T.R.U.V. (Transportation + Rent + Utilities +Visitability) Index’ to reflect real-world cost considerations.
We hope to update and expand these resources to be more useful to local and state policy makers and housing stakeholders. These data can help inform a larger statewide housing needs assessment and resource allocation process. See also “What cities and counties should know about fair housing‘ for additional information from the 2022 Analysis of Impediments.
Assessing Housing Markets Needs
- Housing Market Overview Idaho > Current Version
- Workforce Housing Business Leader Survey 2023
- Housing-Needs-Assessment
County data sets for demographics, poverty and housing/transportation cost burden.
- Data sets for 2022 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
- 2018 Idaho County Level Demographic and Housing Data*
- 2014 Idaho County Demographic and Housing Data V2 PDF
*The contractor for the 2014 version based ‘cost-burden’ data on the American Community Survey, while the contractor for the 2018 release used cost-burden estimates from HAMFI and CHAS data, a subset of the ACS estimate.
Other online housing resources
Idaho Analysis of Impediments / Assessment of Fair Housing
- 2022 Idaho Analysis of Impediments
- Data sets for 2022 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing
- Analysis of Impediments 2021 APA ID
- Idaho AI executive summary_with infographics (002)
- 2017 Idaho Assessment of Fair Housing Final Report
- 2011 Analysis of Impediments
U.S. housing market: impressions, impacts and implications
- Unmasking the secret landlords buying up America
- Meet the Latest Housing Crisis Scapegoat
- Breaking Down the Barriers to Affordable Housing
- MacArthur Foundation “How Housing Matters” study April 2014
- The Unintended Consequences of Housing Finance
- HUD’s Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
- HUD Form 27300 – America’s Affordable Communities Initiative
Housing Market Challenges
- Impacts of Vacation Homes and Short-Term Rentals on Housing Affordability in Ketchum, Idaho (36″ x 48″ wall summary poster)
Affordability matters
- Driving a Vibrant Economy: Housing’s Role in Colorado’s Economic Success
- Housing Affordability Burden for U.S. Cities
- Federal Rental Assistance Fact Sheet
- National and State Fact Sheets Data
- Idaho Fact Sheet: Federal Rental Assistance
- Economic and household income projections for Idaho
- Cost burden maps from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Housing and Transportation: location-based costs
- Creating Connected Communities (HUD/CPD)
- Affordable housing and transit should go hand-in-hand
- 12 ways developers can guide tenants to better transportation decisions
- Housing + Transportation Affordability Index
- 2022 Access Idaho Adventure
Tiny Houses and Personal Shelters: implications and opportunities for housing, planning and economic development professionals
- Next Steps for Small-Footprint Housing (2016 APA/Idaho Conference)
- Tiny Houses, and the Not-So-Tiny Questions They Raise
- Get Small Think Big: Housing for a New Economy and Legal Landscape (2015 APA/Idaho Chapter Conference)
- Sustainable Building Codes
- Idaho Division of Building Safety – Tiny Houses, Manufactured Homes, Modular Buildings and Recreational Buildings
- 12/07/2016 History is Made: Tiny Houses Approved, Incorporated into IRC
Presentations
2023 Presentations
2022 Presentations
- Access-Means-Business-Regional ED-2022
- Access Means Business AIC 2022
- Analysis-of-Impediments-AIC-Commerce-final-6_22
- Don’t miss the boat! Expanding accessible travel experiences for all | ICORT
- 5.26.2022 PAC Housing: Re-thinking Housing Assumptions & Strategies
- 4.21.2022 Clearwater Economic Development Association Housing Discussion
- 2022 Latah County Affordable Housing Roundtable
- Western Community Assessment Network (WeCAN) Peer Learning Network: Housing Solutions Roundtable | Housing Basics | Housing Solutions Toolkit and Guide
2021 Presentations
- 2021 Rural Housing Plenary Partners for Rural America Conference | Session video
- Analysis of Impediments APA ID | Session video
- Count Us In: Inclusive Planning and Design for Community Health, Mobility and Safety
- Whose Home on the Range? Rural Housing Challenges and Strategies
2020 Presentations
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Public Subsidy to Private Equity: Measuring the Social Costs of Housing Speculation
- Introduction and Overview | Kingston
- Implication of Housing Instability on Education | Dexter
- The Economic Impacts | Newcomer
Small Towns, Big Change: Civic Engagement and Rural Resilience | WeCAN team
APA Idaho Chapter
- APA October 2020 Inclusive Design
- APA Idaho_Housing and Community Access_Inclusive Planning for Success
- Disability Law for Planners – Stephen Miller
2019 Presentations
10/2019 APA Idaho Chapter – Twin Falls, ID
The Rural Housing & Homelessness Puzzle
7/2019 NW Community Development Institute
2019 Housing as a Second Language
6/2019 Association of Idaho Cities
Housing and Community_Planning for the Future
21st Century Barnraising: Community crowd investing
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
Housing and Community_Designing for the Future
2017 Presentations
10/2017 Idaho Chapter/APA Conference Presentations
Links to resources:
- House flipping activity
- UN report on housing / Habitat III
- Vancouver housing crisis threatens economy
- How 1,379 Affordable Housing Programs Stack Up
- New Urban Agenda Habitat III
- Ketchum Short-Term Rental Study
2017 NW Community Development Institute
Housing as a Second Language (2017 update)
Related stories and links
- Happy Birthday Dodd-Frank!
- Toronto’s Unpredictable Housing Market
- Commodification of Housing
- Vancouver Addresses Short-Term Rental Issue
- Swiss Communities Fight the Property Bubble Effect
- Housing No Longer Viewed As Human Right (UN Report)
- House Rules: History of the Fair Housing Act
2017 Association of Idaho Cities Conference
Housing Markets: Essential Trends and Strategies
2016 Materials
10/2016 Idaho Chapter/APA Conference Presentations
Next Steps for Small-Footprint Housing
Resources
- The-unintended-consequences-of-housing-finance
- We’re building more three-car garages than one-bedroom apartments
- Planning Behind
- (see also Tiny House section above)
Communities for Life: Aging-in-Place
Resources
The Changing Face of Fair Housing: Assessment of Fair Housing
Resources
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (presentation by BBC Research and Consulting)
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
- Federal Housing Spending Poorly Matched to Need
- Idaho Fact Sheet 2015: Federal Rental Assistance
- Housing Choice Voucher Utilization Data by State
- Rental listing and locator services: www.housingidaho.com
- Landlord RackCard_Layout_2015
2016 NW CDI Course—Third Year: Housing as a Second Language
2015 Presentations
- Get Small Think Big: Housing for a New Economy and Legal Landscape (2015 APA/Idaho Chapter Conference – see also Tiny House section above)
- Housing challenges presentation 2015