Housing Public Comment from Bradford FenchakAimee Brunckhorst
From: e-mail <ckfeedflathead@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 5:09 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL housing
The affordable workforce housing problem is far from new. When Community Kitchen -Feeding the Flathead started in
1989 it was to serve those working or on fixed incomes who could not afford housing, meds and food. Kalispell is now
reaping the "reward" for ignoring lower income housing. The city"s businesses are reducing hours, services and even
shutting down due to the staffing shortages. The dearth of workforce housing is forcing workers to move away. Even in
2020 the disparity in percentage of income spent on housing is large.
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=housin/20KaIispelI/20MT&tid=ACSST5Y202O.S2503
It is highly discouraging that the council is not coordinating with CAP. Why duplicate what has already been
done? Disheartening as well was that there was no discussion of amending city code to facilitate less expensive building
costs,i.e. shipping container apartments, https://www.discovercontainers.com/container-apartments/
altered setbacks, and transported in housing as in Evergreen. https://daiIyinterlake.com/news/2022/apr/24/real-estate-
agent-moves-apartment-building-evergre/
Without the lower echelon wage earner, quality of life will continue to deteriorate for all. The lack of services and
availability of services is becoming more and more readily apparent.
Please utilize this opportunity to alleviate the exodus of workers and keep Kalispell's economy viable.
good tools for stats
httos://www.census.eov/auickfacts/fact/table/kalisr)ellcitvmontana/PST045221
https://www.nwmt.org/resources/nwmt-impact.pdf
https://www.capnm.net/ files/ugd/e99820 ec6118f29894499cbd799e73c3593ea1.pdf
https://www.montanabusinessquarterIV.com/montanas-unaffordable-housing-crisis/
Thank you, B. Bradford Fenchak