Workforce Housing

The Sheridan County Housing Needs Assessment of 2006 defined the need for 2,500 additional housing units in the County by 2010. Lack of workforce housing contributes to the County's workforce shortage.


Workforce Housing Goal 1:

Identify plans and policies that will create a regulatory structure for quality development and provide the tools developers need to hold down building costs.

Workforce Housing Initiative 1:

  • Visit with municipal and County elected officials to discuss the need for a plan to address the goal.
  • Work with developers, construction companies, lending institutions, and real estate agents to determine what they need to build affordable housing.
  • Work with municipal and County planners and elected officials to institute needed ordinances, plans, and policies to expand housing opportunities and diversity.

Collaborative Partners:

Sheridan Housing Action Committee, municipal and County planning departments, municipal and County elected officials, financial lending institutions, developers, real estate agents, affected employers, and Forward Sheridan.

Start: December 2007
Complete: December 2009


Workforce Housing Goal 2:

Have 2,500 housing units, including rentals and home ownerships, in place by 2010.

Workforce Housing Initiative 2:

  • Use government programs to purchase land.
  • Have local government create partnerships with community stakeholders and form action plans for affordable housing production.
  • Comprehensive plans should consistently place a priority on providing affordable housing. Any conflicts among policies should be decided in a way favorable to affordable housing.

Collaborative Partners:

Sheridan Housing Action Committee, developers, municipal and County planning departments, elected officials, financial lending institutions, state and federal government agencies (USDA, HUD, Fannie Mae), Big Horn Homebuilders Association, Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Big Horns, and Forward Sheridan.

Start: January 2006
Complete: December 2010


Workforce Housing Goal 3:

Educate the community on alternative housing possibilities, and overcome the "Not-In-My-Backyard" factor.

Workforce Housing Initiative 3:

  • Planning for and discussion of mixed-use areas, such as trailer parks, modulars, apartment buildings, multi-family structures, etc.
  • Use an urban-design planning group to facilitate a community process for educating the public on where and how mixed-used housing fits the community.

Collaborative Partners:

Sheridan Housing Action Committee, urban design consultant, municipal and County planning departments, elected officials, developers, Big Horn Homebuilders Association, real estate agents, citizens, and Forward Sheridan.

Start: March 2008
Complete: December 2012


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