December 2025: The One Housing Metric that Tells You Everything (but Nobody is Talking About)
Or, why you should move to Ohio if you want to buy a house you can afford.
Or, why you should move to Ohio if you want to buy a house you can afford.
The PC team partnered with the Town of Firestone, Colorado to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study for the Central Park development. Since its acquisition in 2005, Central Park has grown into the civic heart of Firestone, housing the Library, Police Department, and Town Hall. The Town is establishing a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district over
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October 31, 2025 Feasibility: /ˌfēzəˈbilədē/ the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done If this definition is true, one may wonder why you’ve never read a feasibility study that says “This will never work. Don’t do it!” If the concept is not feasible yet your consultant convinces you to go forward, you are
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July 31, 2025 America Needs More “Quaint Tiny Spaces Spending some time in Europe is always good for causing a proud American to reflect. I was sitting on the patio of a café in Rome. It was in a narrow corridor, with twinkle lights and trellised bougainvillea wrapping between the awning of the café and
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The City of Rifle, Colorado, and the PC team began work on a housing needs assessment and zoning code update in July 2024. In alignment with Strong Communities grant best practices, the goal of the project is to provide actionable recommendations for code updates that support the development of affordable housing. Our team conducted a
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In October 2024, PC began working with the City of Bisbee, AZ, on a housing study designed to inform city policy and guide the upcoming Comprehensive Plan Update. The project included extensive data collection and community engagement, with outreach efforts such as a bilingual housing survey (English and Spanish) that achieved a response rate of
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Idaho’s booming economy is a success story, but a pressing question looms: Where will our workers live? The 2025 Idaho Workforce Housing Index (IWHI), released by Points Consulting in partnership with LEAP Housing, uncovers the state’s housing affordability crisis with hard-hitting data and actionable insights. Our groundbreaking report ranks 147 Idaho cities, spotlighting “hot spots”
The Economic Alliance of Okanogan County, WA, partnered with PC in September 2024 to complete a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) outlining priorities and next steps for the county over the next five years. The vast Okanogan County region includes numerous small rural communities (such as Omak, Oroville, Twisp, and Winthrop) as well as portions
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Our team presented our Housing Needs Assessment for the Moline, Rock Island, & Davenport Consortium of Cities (the Tri-Cities) in January 2025. We partnered with Mosaic Community Planning for this project, and PC simultaneously helped Mosaic to perform an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Both projects were designed to fully meet all HUD
Following the Goal 9: Economic Development & Employment Lands Assessment conducted in 2023, Points Consulting and Nexus Planning Services contracted again with the City of La Grande to complete Goal 14 of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development’s planning structure. Our objective was to find the most suitable locations for an Urban Growth
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