Resources for finding and keeping housing in the rural areas of Utah and beyond in the western United States.
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FOR RENTERS
This guide is a list of resources for renters. If you currently rent housing but would like to buy or build a house, please refer to our Homeowner’s Resource Guide for programs that can assist you.
FOR HOMEOWNERS
This guide is for new homeowners, or anyone who could benefit from a reminder of the regular maintenance houses require. Small issues eventually escalate into large, sometimes catastrophic, problems for the structure of a house or health of its users.
This guide is a list of resources for homeowners, or those that want to buy or build a home. Each program has its own particular eligibility requirements and contact information, which may change from time to time, but we’ve tried to list the basics that appear to be accurate as of the current edition.
FOR DEVELOPERS
Here is a template for spreadsheets to plan for and track a project’s budget during construction, with notes included as instructions. Epicenter used this for organizing Canal Commons Phase 1, and it should work well for other smaller-scale projects. Please let us know if you use this and have any feedback or questions!
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While the path to becoming an affordable housing developer has been locally-specific and nonlinear, there are five main things that could be replicated by small groups in other rural towns to begin addressing the widespread housing crises.
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