Workforce Housing

Our mission is to increase the quality and choices of housing in Red Lodge and the surrounding rural communities, provide the community with awareness of housing issues, and expand housing opportunities through training and education.

We connect with and inform the community to provide workforce housing services, programs, training, and education. Our goal is to maintain the integrity and uniqueness of Red Lodge’s small-town culture along with our other rural communities and strengthen its economic well-being by influencing the housing environment to be more affordable, attractive, stable, and accessible for the local workforce. We strive to be efficient and knowledgeable, working with the communities to remain a trusted partner and respected authority on housing issues.

The Workforce Housing Steering Committee is comprised of:

Lenders
Realtors
Insurers
Builders
The County
The City
Businesses
Highly engaged volunteers who donate their time and expertise

In addition to our Workforce Housing Steering Committee, in order to educate and take action on housing solutions, we currently partner with:

USDA Rural Development
Trust Montana
Beartooth RC&D
AmeriCorps NCCC
HRDC Home Center

Our efforts have resulted in:

The building of 10 permanently affordable Mutual Self-Help homes on community land trusts since 2021, with 4 rental units completed in August 2024.
Numerous households gaining advantages from participating in first-time homebuyer education programs, financial literacy, and other counseling resources.
Completion of the “Carbon County Workforce Housing Study” in December 2022 once again supported the need for affordable workforce housing.
Hosting another AmeriCorps NCCC Team for 12 weeks in April 2023 that focused on the final phase of the mutual self-help housing project in the Spires.
Completion of the Bridger Housing Study in 2024.

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