Submitted by Joe Folsom, PCEDC
RIVER FALLS, WI – Pierce County residents and home builders can now use a unique “housing toolkit” designed to make it easier to buy and build homes in the county.
Through a joint effort of Pierce County Economic Development Corporation (PCEDC), Momentum West and Dunn County a four-part housing toolkit is now available on the PCEDC pcedc.com and Momentum West momentumwest.org websites. This toolkit has a section for aspiring homeowners, resources for communities, tools for developers and links to housing studies conducted in the region.
The “Aspiring Homeowner” section has financing basics, credit, and links to local resources. The financing basics for the aspiring homeowner covers topics such as “What’s Your Credit Score, How Much Can I Borrow? Debt to Income Ratio, Home Mortgage Types and Realtor Tips. The local resources toolkit provides links to local lenders, and County resources such as local building codes, zoning maps contacts, local builders/realtors and sample home plans.
The Community section provides brief list of resources, key partners, programs, and policy alternatives that may be considered by the residents, communities, developers, and other partner organizations of the Momentum West Region to address housing needs and meet local housing-related goals. It is intended to foster local creativity and partnership opportunities in addressing local housing needs.
The Developer section is designed to assist developers in identifying development opportunities and tools for financing the development of infrastructure.
Housing studies conducted in the region are included as the fourth component to assist communities, community members, government officials, and developers in understanding the needs, challenges, and opportunities in the local housing market.
We encourage communities and those engaged in providing single family housing to their community to review this new toolkit, provide feedback, link this tool on their websites and share it.
Currently only the Pierce and Dunn County toolkits are populated with the localized sections on the Momentum West website with the remaining eight counties in the Momentum West region in process.
