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Housing Initiative
Recognizing how critical housing infrastructure is to the continued vitality of the community, the City of White Bear Lake has formed a Housing Task Force to create a set of recommendations for housing policies, development priorities and housing related programs for City Council to consider.
The White Bear Lake Housing Task force is a committee of 20 community stakeholders who have been meeting since April to better understand the challenges and opportunities our community faces as they consider recommendations on how to best address them.
As a part of this initiative a two part Community Housing Forum was planned to share information on the challenges and opportunities facing housing today, and later to share the progress of the Housing Task Force and gather feedback on their work. Part One of the Community Housing Forum was held virtually on June 10th, a recording of which can be found at the Community Housing Forum link below. Part Two of the Community Housing Forum was held twice, once in person on September 9th and once online on September 20th.
On November 23, 2021 the Housing Task Force presented their report to City Council. Click the Housing Task Force Recommendations Report link below to read a copy of the report.
Consisting of a diverse group of 20 community volunteers, the goal of the Housing Task Force is to create a set of recommendations, priorities and programs to support and set housing policies for the City Council to follow when considering future development and redevelopment in White Bear Lake.
As a result of the Housing Study, multiple meetings with the Housing Task Force Committee, Community Forums and public input along the way, a draft report of policy recommendations has been assembled.
Click Read More for more information about the Community Housing Forum including a recording of the Community Housing Forum Part One.
The City of White Bear Lake commissioned a study by Maxfield Research and Consulting to analyze the City's demographic, economic, building permit, and housing stock data and model future demographic and housing demand in an effort to guide future policy decisions regarding housing related development and programs. The report is available at the link below.
