Report: To make ends meet, Post Falls residents need to earn $27 an hour
James Barbour came to the housing needs assessment survey presentation in Post Falls to learn more about options being considered for the future of housing in Post Falls. Those in attendance were asked to use green stickers to indicate support of housing strategies and options, yellow stickers to show "I don’t understand/I need more info/I am neutral" or red stickers to indicate they did not support an option or strategy.
CAROLYN BOSTICK/Press
POST FALLS — A new housing survey reveals Post Falls residents need to earn $27 per hour just to afford rent, according to consultant Robert O'Brien, highlighting affordability challenges in this growing Idaho city.
"Post Falls has been discovered," Mayor Ron Jacobson said during a community presentation at the Q'emiln Park trailhead event center, where officials shared results from a survey of nearly 600 respondents about housing needs and barriers.
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