Middle Housing Resource Directory Survey

Please answer the following questions to help us develop a Middle Housing Resource Directory for Chelan and Douglas counties.

As you complete the survey, please keep in the mind the housing types that are considered Middle Housing:
  • Duplexes
  • Triplexes
  • Fourplexes
  • Accessory dwelling units (ADUs)
  • Cottage housing
  • Townhomes
  • Row houses
  • Courtyard apartments
  • Live-work buildings
1.To the best of your knowledge, which of the following lenders and financial institutions in Chelan and Douglas counties are loaning money to property owners and small-scale developers for middle housing types (duplexes, triplexes, cottage housing, courtyard apartments, townhomes, accessory dwelling units)? Please select all that apply.
2.Here is an initial list of associations and nonprofits engaged in some aspect of Middle Housing in Chelan and Douglas counties:
  • Building North Central Washington, Wenatchee
  • Central Washington Home Builders Association, Wenatchee
  • Chelan Valley Housing Trust, Chelan
  • Columbia Valley Affordable Homeownership, Wenatchee
  • Common Ground Community Housing Trust, Wenatchee
  • Housing Authority of Chelan County and the City of Wenatchee
  • Lake Chelan Valley Habitat for Humanity
  • NCW Association of Realtors, Wenatchee
  • Upper Valley MEND, Leavenworth
To the best of your knowledge, what other associations and nonprofits should be listed in the Middle Housing Resource Directory?
3.To the best of your knowledge, which of the following architectural firms and architects in Chelan and Douglas counties design middle housing types (duplexes, triplexes, cottage housing, courtyard apartments, townhomes, accessory dwelling units)? Please select all that apply.
4.To the best of your knowledge, which of the following home builders construct middle housing types (duplexes, triplexes, cottage housing, courtyard apartments, townhomes, accessory dwelling units) in Chelan and Douglas counties? Please select all that apply.
5.Do you think creating a database of property owners interested in developing their side lots, back yards, or other land into Middle Housing is a feasible project for Our Valley Our Future and other partnering organizations to undertake? In your opinion, what value would that database provide the community and its businesses, nonprofits, and governments? Given your professional experience, how should OVOF and partners go about collecting that information?