Housing Strategies
- Develop a residential TIF district
- Offer economic incentives to build or rehab housing
- Develop shovel-ready sites for housing
Possible projects:
– Work with the City on infrastructure for new homes
– Seek investors
– Get support from local bankers and developers
– Work with the City to donate land for development
– Inventory possible locations for development - Offer assistance for home improvement in targeted city blocks/neighborhoods
- Market housing development in Mattoon and incentives available
- Expand the high school building trade program
- Remodel upstairs of downtown Broadway buildings into apartments
- Explore grant opportunities with HUD and other agencies
- Partner with Habitat for Humanity on building and remodeling homes
- Clean-up / demolish rundown housing
- Develop in-demand new housing
Possible projects:
– Build new townhomes
– Build new subdivisions
– Develop housing along the state route 45 corridor - Review and update zoning laws
- Identify community programs that are potential partners