Background:
The Housing Summit Steering Committee was initially formed to present a Palm Beach County Housing Summit in 2017. Subsequent to the housing summit, the Committee’s task was to create policies and action steps to increase the supply and availability of affordable and workforce housing in Palm Beach County.
Housing Needs Assessment
The Housing Leadership Council commissioned a Housing Needs Assessment that was administered by the Metropolitan Center at FIU in Miami. The assessment identified a tremendous need for affordable and workforce housing in Palm Beach County as well as a tremendous shortage of housing, which prompted the need to develop a housing plan to identify specific actions to recommend to the county and municipalities in the county to help alleviate that shortage.