Aerial view of a suburban residential area

Housing Availability and Affordability

Respondents were asked:

“Like many communities, Lorain County is struggling with housing availability and affordability. There are some available policy and funding tools that can help expand housing types and affordability, but they often require some public investment or intervention. What do you think should be the approach of Lorain County toward housing? Should it allow market forces to dictate housing supply, or should it intervene and invest to create greater housing options and affordability?”

SCALE: 1 = FOLLOW MARKET FORCES; to 10 = INTENTIONAL INVESTMENT and INTERVENTION

Key things to note:

  • The majority of respondents feel that the best approach towards housing would be to intervene and invest to create greater housing options and affordability.
  • Those respondents who lived in rural settings were more inclined to consider following market forces to dictate housing supply.