Housing survey to address affordable housing shortage in Knox County

Housing survey to address affordable housing shortage in Knox County

On monday, november 16-th.

Getting jobs to a community is vital in growing it's economy.

But equally important is making sure there are homes for those new employees.

That's why leaders in knox county are working hard to find an answer to a housing shortage.

News 10 bureau chief gary brian tells us how a local organization is looking to help.

Pkg gar} "folks looking to move into knox county are having a hard time finding affordable housing.

The knox county development corporation is looking to find an answer to that problem."

The kcdc is planning a housing survey.

This survey hopes to address the affordable housing shortage.

Right now county leaders have theories on what issues the county has.

The survey will supply conclusions to those hypotheses.

Already many communities have begun working on the problem.

Bicknell is working with a developer to provide free land to those who are wanting to build.

Sure clean has announced they will build new homes in vincennes.

But the need to intice developers into the county is still there.

Good samaritan recently began a residency program.

Many of those in the program live outside of the community.

Kcdc leaders hope the survey will help to bring developers and thus more residents into the county.

"you know thousands of people every day commute into knox county to work here that live in illinois or other surrounding counties in indiana.

And so we believe that with an additional housing stock we could potentially get those folks to move into knox county."

Gar} "the survey is expected to be launched within the next 90 days.

Working from home in vincennes, gary brian news 10."

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