Elkhart County Housing Needs Assessment Survey

Greetings! Elkhart County is in the process of completing a housing needs assessment. As a part of the process they are seeking input from residents in Elkhart County. This information will be used to identify the housing needs in the county for planning and funding purposes. Any information from the surveys will be used in the aggregate only and individual responses will not be identified.

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* 1. What is your ZIP Code?

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* 2. In which community do you live?

Elkhart

Goshen

Nappanee

Bristol

Dunlap

Middlebury

Millersburg

Wakarusa

Unincorporated Elkhart County

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* 3. Which best describes your household? (select one)

Single person

Single person over age 65

Single parent with children OVER 18 living at home

Single parent with children under 18 at home

Couple (no children)

Couple over age 65

Couple with children under 18 at home

Couple with children OVER 18 living at home

Intergenerational (3 or more generations living together)

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* 4. What type of home do you live in? (select one)

Single family home

Duplex

3-4 unit building

5+ unit building (apartment)

Mobile home

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do you own or rent your home? (select one)

Own, with mortgage

Own, no mortgage

Have a land contract (recorded)

Have a land contract (not recorded)

Rent

Living with others

Living in shelter or homeless

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* 6. How much of your household income do you spend on housing (including insurance and utilities)? (select one)

Less than 10%

10-19%

20-24%

25-29%

30-34%

35% or More

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* 7. Have you experienced any of the following in the past two years? (select all that apply)

Difficulty paying rent/mortgage

Difficulty paying utilities

Dissatisfaction with local services (trash pick-up, street maintenance)

Inability to make needed repairs/improvements to your own home

Inability to get landlord to make repairs to a property you rent

Overcrowding

Signs of disinvestment

Unkempt houses in my neighborhood

Utilities disconnected

Vandalism

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What are the barriers to housing choice in Elkhart County? (select all that apply)

Accessibility for people with disabilities

Age restricted housing

Condition of housing units

Cost of housing

Distance to employment

Diversity of housing stock

Transportation/access to public transportation

Utility costs

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What type of housing is needed in Elkhart County? (select all that apply)

Affordable housing

Apartments

Housing for people with disabilities

Single family homes

Senior housing

Transitional housing for homeless

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How important are the following housing issues in Elkhart County?

	Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
General affordability (housing is too expensive)	General affordability (housing is too expensive) Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	General affordability (housing is too expensive) Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	General affordability (housing is too expensive) Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	General affordability (housing is too expensive) Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Lack of quality housing (too cheap)	Lack of quality housing (too cheap) Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Lack of quality housing (too cheap) Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Lack of quality housing (too cheap) Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Lack of quality housing (too cheap) Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Lack of multi-family housing	Lack of multi-family housing Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Lack of multi-family housing Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Lack of multi-family housing Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Lack of multi-family housing Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Housing for seniors	Housing for seniors Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Housing for seniors Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Housing for seniors Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Housing for seniors Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Housing for people with disabilities	Housing for people with disabilities Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Housing for people with disabilities Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Housing for people with disabilities Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Housing for people with disabilities Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Housing for Veterans	Housing for Veterans Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Housing for Veterans Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Housing for Veterans Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Housing for Veterans Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Foreclosure prevention	Foreclosure prevention Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Foreclosure prevention Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Foreclosure prevention Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Foreclosure prevention Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Addressing vacant/abandoned homes	Addressing vacant/abandoned homes Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Addressing vacant/abandoned homes Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Addressing vacant/abandoned homes Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Addressing vacant/abandoned homes Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Poor housing conditions	Poor housing conditions Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Poor housing conditions Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Poor housing conditions Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Poor housing conditions Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Transportation options	Transportation options Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Transportation options Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Transportation options Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Transportation options Very important to me and it does need to be addressed
Housing located close to employment opportunities	Housing located close to employment opportunities Not important to me and it does not need to be addressed	Housing located close to employment opportunities Not important to me but it does need to be addressed	Housing located close to employment opportunities Very important to me but it does not need to be addressed	Housing located close to employment opportunities Very important to me and it does need to be addressed

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* 11. May we contact you?

Yes (please provide name, address, phone number, and email)

Contact information

Thank you for your participation! Look for more opportunities for input through community meetings this spring.