City leaders and housing officials in Huron got their first look at an extensive housing study unveiled at the Huron City Commission meeting Monday night. The 112 page, seven section study was compiled by Community Partners Research a, Minnesota company that has done housing studies for communities across the upper Midwest. Steve Griesert presented a cliff notes version of the study…
The study includes a dizzying array of statistics on growth rates, medium income and population estimates for Huron, Beadle County and Alpena, the tiny Jerauld County town 20 miles southwest of Huron, that is home to a Jack Links Beef Jerky plant. Grieset says continued growth is expected…
Huron is seeing the population of caucasian residents fall while Asian residents rapidly increase…
Grieset says his group did window surveys of some 776 rental properties…
To meet the housing needs of Huron from a rental standpoint, Griesert says 151 to 169 units will be needed over the next five years…
The Huron housing study recommends the development of a 14 to 16 lot affordable housing subdivision , promotion town homes and twin homes, utilization and promotion of home owner assistance, rental unit rehab and having the City of Huron develop a housing incentive plan. You can hear the entire presentation of the Housing Study to the Huron Commission by selecting the audio player:Full Housing Study 45 min