Evaluating Affordable Housing Development Strategies – Group to provide affordable housing in Big Sky

Housing and transportation are most household’s two largest expenditure categories, and are a major financial burden for many lower-income households. As a result, increasing housing and transportation affordability is an important planning objective. In recent years, planners have developed a better understanding of what this means and how to evaluate affordable housing development strategies.

by Todd Litman

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Group to provide affordable housing in Big Sky

The group will be a community land trust and apply for tax exempt status to provide permanently affordable housing. The goal is to buy land and remove it from the for-profit real estate market.

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