HOUSING ELEMENT POSTED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW!

A Draft Housing Element has been posted for public comment. A preliminary draft of this housing element was prepared by staff over a period of several months using the results of visioning sessions, the 2007 adopted growth policy, approximately 30 community plans from other jurisdictions and recent Whitefish housing needs assessments and studies. When the preliminary draft was completed, staff included the Whitefish Community Housing Committee as an advisory committee in two internal work sessions. At these work sessions, staff and the Committee worked together to arrive at mutually agreed upon housing goals and objectives. Please note - as the second work session with the Committee occurred yesterday (December 8) there are still placeholders (highlighted in yellow) where staff is to draft goal descriptions below each goal, as was done with the Transportation Element. These goal descriptions will be highlighted for review at a subsequent Planning Commission or during review of the final compiled document this Winter.

THE AGENDA PACKET WITH ALL MATERIALS IS LOCATED HERE

A Planning Commission Vision Whitefish 2045 Meeting to discuss the Draft Housing Element has been scheduled for Wednesday, December 17th at 6PM. Due to the time constraint to get the entire plan completed by the statutory May 16, 2026 deadline, if you have public comment on this draft, please submit it to Alan Tiefenbach at atiefenbach@cityofwhitefish.gov by December 16th and it will be provided directly to the Planning Commission in their meeting packets. You also have the ability to provide public comment in person during this meeting.