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Rental Housing Affordability

Examples of Workforce Housing

Bakersfield Housing Facts

 Alternative to costly specific plans  Scale is particularly appropriate for unincorporated areas  Manageable first step and phase if future resources are uncertain

 Motivated community members  Invested decision makers and political leaders  Open and approachable agency staff  Willingness to partner  Willingness to look outside the box for solutions  Some agreement among community members on assets, needs, and solutions

 Seek new partnerships  Find common themes and key issues  Create better communities and neighborhoods  Gather information about priority  Acknowledge limited government resources and ask the community to work together

 Ask government agencies to be creative about workforce housing and to utilize policies and regulations that support the market and workforce housing  Provide a place to come together as a community and think about the future  Acknowledge constraints and opportunities  Think about new and different solutions  All ages and types of stakeholders welcome