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Dane G. Hansen Internship Final Presentation
Dane G. Hansen Internship Final Presentation
Hansen Internship
Final Presentation
By: Kyra Lampe
Building Off 2019’s work
● Last year’s internship: Architecture-focused; developed potential models of
housing units
● This year’s internship: Marketing-focused
○ Trying to match the needs of the community with the assets that are here
● Main Objectives:
○ Review Previous Housing Work
○ Develop Existing Housing Marketing Plan
○ Develop Housing Resources Marketing Plan
○ Create Housing Market Demand Report
Review of Previous Work
● List of rentals on website
● FHSU Housing Study--2012
● HAT Assessment Tool data--2014/2015
○ Belleville, Cuba, Courtland, Scandia
● KU MBA Jayhawk Consulting--2016
● Landbank Research--2018
● Dane Hansen Internship 2019
● Ben Winchester Webinars
● Review of Norton County Housing Study, Lincoln County Real Estate Open
House, and Stafford County Home Developments
Existing Resources
● Who?
○ Anyone willing or wanting to
move within, to, or outside of
Republic County
● Why?
○ Assessing what is in demand
○ How people find out about
housing
○ How aware people are of their
resources
What people LIKE about Republic County
● RURAL
● Small-town living
● Safety
● Family-oriented
● Low cost of living
● Good schools
What people DISLIKE about Republic County
● Survey Findings:
○ Average Household income of respondents: $84,544.49
■ $2,113.61 in rent/mortgage
● Per Capita - $35,101.03
○ $877.53 rent/mortgage per month
Notes:
● Ages 30-49 overwhelmingly prefer to own a 3 or 4 bedroom house
● Ages 50+ mostly prefer to own a 2 or 3 bedroom house
● Out of all out of county respondents interested in moving to Republic County, 88% would
prefer to own either a 3-4 bedroom home
Notes:
● Of those in county who want to change their current housing, 50% are currently or somewhat
searching for a housing.
● 65% of people from out of county are currently or somewhat searching for a housing.
Notes:
● Of those who said “yes” or “maybe” to building a home, 73% were between the ages of 21 and 45 and
51% were between these ages and also married.
Newspaper
Newspaper
Zillow
Zillow
RCED
RCED
Major Takeaway from Survey Results (so far)
High Demand for Market-Rate Rentals Section 8 and Section 42 units are sitting
vacant (also limited knowledge about what
programs people qualify for)
High Demand for rural quality of life and an Not a large housing stock to support that
ability to reach people with help of Internet transition
Demand for renovations and some home Limited number of contractors, access to land,
building and limited wages
People are able to age in place with the help of If they want to downsize and remain in the
home health agencies community, there are limited options
Programs such as NRP, NCK Homeownership Could utilize more programs that support home
Program, Belleville Land Bank, Nuisance renovations; not all cities in the county have
Abatement, and other regional programs land banks or code enforcement
Questions?