Designing and Initiating

A Small Community

Housing Program - May, 1995

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[ Table of Contents -Introduction ]

Chapters I - IV

Chapter I - Community Readiness
Chapter II - Needs Assessment: What Do We Do First?
Chapter III - Project Design: How Much Can We Reasonably Hope To Accomplish?
Chapter IV - Funding: Where And How Do We Get the Money?

Appendix A - Conducting a Community Needs Assessment

Exhibit I - Sample Survey - City of Helena

Exhibit II - Sample Survey - Town of Terry (With Results)

Appendix B - Writing a Housing Plan

Exhibit I - Sample Housing Plan - City of Red Lodge

Exhibit II - Sample Housing Plan - City of Miles City

Appendix C - Analysis of Grant Writing Time and Costs

Appendix D - Funding Programs, Contact Persons and Telephone Numbers

Appendix E - Program Income: HUD Requirements and DOC Policies

Appendix F - Low Income Tax Credits: Program Description and List of Montana Projects Using Low Income Tax Credits Since 1987

Appendix G - Sample Budgets, Budget Narratives