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Range Readiness Housing Work Team c/o ARDC 221 West First Street Duluth, MN 55802 Contact: Ellen Pillsbury 218-529-7554 epillsbury@ardc.org |
Iron Range Housing
| Helping Your Community To Meet its Vision for Housing
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The Housing Work Team Progress Report Draft is Available for Review! CLICK HEREWelcome to www.ironrangehousing.org. This web site can help you successfully develop and rehabilitate housing in your community by directing you to agencies, individuals, programs, grants, model policies, and other information that is appropriate for the housing your community envisions. This website is administered by the Housing Work Team (see left), which is part of the Range Readiness Initiative. The Housing Work Team successfully hosted Housing Workshops on January 27, 28, and 29, 2009. The workshops educated attendees about important resources and strategies that can help them meet their housing goals. Click HERE for a summary of the workshops. The Housing Work Team and Housing Expeditor (see left) are working under the guidance of a recently published Housing Needs Assessment. That document shows what the housing needs will be for the Iron Range when the proposed major industrial projects get underway. The Assessment shows what types of housing will be in demand in the next five years. The Housing Work Team has identified goals for housing development based on the shown demand. We are counting on Iron Range communities to help us achieve those goals. The housing goals are categorized both by type of housing and location. We have identified the highest priority housing needs as the following types: New Single Family Workforce Homes Housing stock should be able to accommodate the needs of all families by providing quality functional homes within the price range of the areas workforce. We will focus on entry and moderate priced homes along with affordable and subsidized housing. On the Iron range, an entry level home price is around $125,000 and a moderate level home price is between $125,000-$175,000. New Workforce Rental Units Local housing stock should include quality and functional workforce rental housing units geared towards multi-family residences with rental costs within the price range of the areas workforce. We will focus on the development of units with subsidized and affordable rates because of their need for multiple partners to implement. On the Iron Range, the subsidized monthly rental rate is typically $375 and below. Affordable rental rates are between $375-$625 per month. The market rental rate is $625 and over. Single Family Housing Rehabilitation Current Regional housing stock is divided into four repair categories for rehabilitation purposes. These areas for housing repair include; minor and major home repairs, and dilapidated and functionally obsolete houses. Homeowners and local entities have access to grants, loans and deferred loans to assist in rehabilitation projects. Rental Unit Rehabilitation Substandard multi-family rental units need to be rehabilitated by the property owner to ensure quality rental units meet the needs of tenants. Rehabilitation of multi-family subsidized and affordable rental units is a focus of the Range Readiness Initiative Housing Work Team. Foreclosure Assistance Residents at risk of losing their homes need access to counseling to understand the foreclosure process. In addition to assistance with mortgage companies. Click HERE for some available foreclosure assistance resources |
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Range Readiness Initiative |
| Housing Expeditor
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| The Iron Range Housing Expeditor is a team of individuals that have extensive experience in community housing development. Led by Steve Griesert of Community Research Partners, Inc., the Expeditor provides Iron Range communities with advice and assistance when the community is seeking to develop housing. The Expeditor's time is already funded by a coalition of agencies, so his assistance does not cost the community. If you or your community is interested in helping meet workforce housing needsthrough development and would like some assistance, contact: Steve Griesert: #507-333-2445 or by email him |
| Housing Work Team
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| A diverse group of individuals and agencies is dedicated to meeting the housing needs of the Iron Range during this time of intense economic expansion. The Team is serving as a committee of the Range Readiness Initiative. |
| Housing Work Team Members By Entity
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| Housing Sub-Regions
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| What community are you interested in? All of the communities on the Iron Range have been categorized into sub-regions. Please click on one of the links below to learn more about housing in your area. You can see a map of the sub-regions by clicking here. Western Sub-Region Deer River Cohasset Grand Rapids La Prairie Warba Coleraine Bovey Taconite Central Sub-Region Marble Calumet Nashwauk Keewatin Hibbing Chisholm Buhl Kinney Quad Cities Sub-Region Mountain Iron Leonidas Eveleth Iron Junction Virginia Gilbert East Range Sub-Region McKinley Biwabik Aurora Hoyt Lakes Northeast Sub-Region Tower Babbitt Ely Winton |