RESOURCES

Resources for Developers

Housing Toolbox
Definitions and descriptions of municipally sponsored opportunities to increase the supply of workforce housing.

Model Long-Term Affordability Covenant
A sample legal document that insures affordability for the next generation.

Resources for Employers

Employer Assisted Housing
A Fannie Mae brochure- Improving the bottom line and unlocking doors to homeownership for your employees.

Housing for Everyone: What Business Leaders Can Do.
A white-paper abstract prepared by Kravitz & Company, LLC for the Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. This document focuses on the practical and critical importance of current housing issues to economic growth in the Seacoast area.

Housing For A Healthy Economy
A presentation that defines workforce housing, describes the workforce housing issue, and offers solutions to the problem.

What Can Businesses Do To Promote Workforce Housing?
Suggestions for becoming more engaged in the effort to promote workforce housing.

Resources for Community Members

Dispelling Myths About Affordable Housing
Learn what is true about affordable and workforce housing. Don't believe the negative hype.

Glossary
Definitions of common housing and planning terms

WHC Member List
Businesses and individuals who recognize the connection between a diverse housing stock and regional economic vitality.

Workforce Housing-Key to Ongoing Regional Prosperity
Workforce Housing: The New Economic Imperative? By Carol A. Bell
The Need for Workforce Housing: Workforce housing has emerged in recent months as a concern not only of housing advocates but also policy makers and employers. Even the term itself, "workforce housing", was rarely heard until recently. But with housing costs in many areas increasingly exceeding the financial reach of many low- to moderate-wage workers, people are taking notice.