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Working to build solutions for Lake County’s housing challenges

Lake County and CMAP, supported by a grant from Schreiber Philanthropy, are bringing together business leaders, elected officials, municipal planners, developers, and community advocates to tackle housing challenges.

Housing Lake is creating a vision and strategies to increase attainable housing and improve links between housing, jobs, and transportation options — and they’ve been busy:  

• An in-person workshop in September featured Olympic-themed activities to help identify shared housing values, establish a baseline understanding of housing stock, and connect goals to the data needed to achieve them.
• In October, more than 60 people gathered virtually for a second workshop to learn how peers in Michigan are tackling housing issues from a regional perspective. Participants also worked in small groups to discuss mobility and growth trends, housing supply and demand, demographic shifts and housing needs, and affordability drivers.
• A third workshop for was held in mid-November, with the theme of envisioning growth together.

There will be a virtual session in December, followed by an in-person workshop in January. Then, the culminating celebration for this collaborative journey will take place in February at the Housing Lake: Lake County Coalition for Housing Summit. The summit will feature the task force’s recommendations and dynamic panel discussions as we look to the future of housing in Lake County.