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Thursday, August 3, 2006
The Real Deal on workforce housing
If you work for a living, you’re probably tired of all the talk — and no action — about workforce housing. Study after study shows that what we earn has failed miserably to keep up with housing costs.
The Housing Leadership Council, a newly formed group of business and civic leaders with a stake in affordable housing, actually aims to do something about the crisis.
They’ve documented the problem. Now they’re investigating solutions. Then they intend to push for action. Imagine that.
Some local businesses paid as much as $25,000 to get a seat at the Housing Leadership Council table, though membership is open to anyone with an interest in workforce housing.
You get an insider’s seat for free, just by clicking on the links below. Ånd since knowledge is power, you’re also going to be extremely well-equipped to take part in the most important issue facing our county today. Plus, this stuff is just plain fascinating.
What you’ll discover is detailed information on every municipality in Palm Beach County, the real estate market, who the major employers are, what folks earn, how many people are employed in various occupations and the like.
And lots of charts make this information easy to digest.
The first link, is just the cover page — it tells you who did the study. Credit’s given where credit’s due.
The second link, gives you a profile of every community in the county. What’s the median home price? The median rent? The affordability gap? Who are the major employers? This report, by the way, is the only one that takes a minute to download.
The third link, gives you the Workforce Housing Needs Assessment. How many condo conversions were there in Boynton Beach, or Boca Raton, or West Palm Beach last year? This report tells you.
You’ll also get a thorough analysis of the real estate market in each municipality. And much, much more.
The last link, gives you the results of an employer survey.
The county’s top 50 employers, plus 150 smaller ones, answer questions on what the lack of affordable housing means for recruiting efforts, what the most difficult jobs to recruit for are, and provide a snapshot of a host of other workplace issues in Palm Beach County.
We want to thank Mike Jones of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, the engine behind the Housing Leadership Council, for giving us permission to post this information online. And to Dennis Grady of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches for making it possible.
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