Livingston County Housing Task Force

Our Mission:

To reduce barriers and find efficient and effective ways to provide a continuum of options for housing in Livingston County.

Housing is an integral part of community building and economic development and must be implemented in an integrated and sustainable manner.
Housing is a key competitive edge in attracting new business and well paying jobs to our community and maintaining a high quality of life for everyone.
Housing alone does not make a community economically healthy and vibrant. Housing must be considered alongside everything that gives our community its character—our schools, parks, public safety, health care, transportation and the availability of well paying jobs.

To support collaborative partnerships that maximize current and future resources and that enable individuals, working families, our elderly, those with special needs and those less fortunate to find and retain quality housing they can afford.
To support activities which bolster the economic mobility of working lower income residents. A growing middle class is the key to Livingston County’s future economic vitality.
To support activities and services to meet the needs of people who are homeless as they move to stable housing and maximize self-sufficiency. This includes supporting activities that end homelessness and prevent a return to homelessness.
To work on activities that inform, educate and advocate about housing needs on behalf of our working people and families, our elderly, persons with disabilities, other special needs, and those in less fortunate circumstances.
To support projects, programs and activities that promote a balanced housing market and new quality housing development for all residents at all income levels. We attract new businesses, we expand new jobs and we enhance our quality of life when we offer rental housing and opportunities for home ownership at costs affordable to those working and living in our community.
To support effective policies that create new affordable housing, effectively and appropriately preserve and expand the existing housing stock, promote diversity and choice, and strengthen economic position – individually and community wide.