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Effect of Housing Affordability on Employers in Columbia County
1.
What is the name of your business?
2.
How many people does your business employ?
3.
Which of these categories apply to your business?
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation and Warehousing
Information
Finance and Insurance
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Educational Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Accommodation and Food Services
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Public Administration
4.
In which Columbia County city, town, village or hamlet is your business located?
5.
To what extent is housing affordability a concern for you as an owner/manager of a business?
Not at all concerned
Slightly concerned
Moderately concerned
Significantly concerned
What concerns you?
6.
How does housing affordability affect your business and/or employees? (Check all that apply)
Recruiting new employees
Retaining current employees
Employees were priced out of their current housing and needed help finding alternative housing options
Employees choose to move further away in order to find appropriate housing
Employees commute long distances
Employees work other jobs to afford housing
It has caused us to pay higher wages/salaries
I has caused us to provide housing assistance or other incentives
7.
What type of housing benefits does your business offer, if any? (skip if N/A or none)
Employer-sponsored loans
Rental assistance
Home buying assistance
Employer-sponsored housing
Other (please specify)
8.
How have your business's challenges/issues concerning workforce housing changed (if at all) since 2020?
9.
By moving the slider below, please rate how you view the overall severity of the workforce housing issues your business has experienced since 2020.
Acute & Short term
Chronic & Long Term
Clear
10.
To the best of your knowledge, how much is the average rent for these types of apartments in your area?
1 Bedroom Apartment ($)
2 Bedroom Apartment ($)
11.
To the best of your knowledge, how much is the median home price in your area? ($)
12.
What do you see as opportunities for action or collaboration for improving housing affordability in Columbia County?
13.
Is there anything else you would like to share with us on how the cost and availability of housing in Columbia County has affected your business and/or employees? (e.g., effects on productivity, attendance, employee health, etc.)
