Rent Affordability Calculator

Determine How Much You Can Afford. How It Works Rent will likely be a substantial part of your monthly budget. If you’re on the lookout for a new place, this calculator can help you determine what you can afford. Start by entering your gross monthly income. Next, enter averages for your expenses each month. This […]
Get Out of Debt

Make a customized plan to be completely debt-free. How It Works Managing debt is the best way to find financial freedom. This Coach session acts as a virtual Debt Coach, providing useful strategies to manage your personal debt situation and create a plan to pay off your debts using the debt snowball or avalanche methods. […]
Hailey leaders mull ‘landmark’ $500K housing action plan

Hailey leaders on Monday considered a first set of recommendations from Mayor Martha Burke and the Community Development Department as to how they might invest $500,000 into the construction, acquisition and preservation of affordable housing stock. The Hailey City Council previously approved the half-million-dollar commitment on Sept. 12 as part of the city’s $21.65 million […]
BCSD & ARCH Turn a Spade Full of Dirt for Teacher Housing

Story and photos by Karen BossicEyeOnSunValley.com New affordable housing is on the horizon for Blaine County School District employees The school district and ARCH Community Housing Trust hope to break ground this summer on a 5-unit affordable housing complex in Hailey. If the new housing for teachers goes in as quickly as the groundbreaking ceremony, […]
New affordable housing is on the horizon for Blaine County School District employees

New affordable housing is on the horizon for Blaine County School District employees The school district and ARCH Community Housing Trust hope to break ground this summer on a 5-unit affordable housing complex in Hailey. By Abby Davis KTVB7 Watch the video here. HAILEY, Idaho — Living in the small mountain towns of Blaine County […]
School District approves agreements for employee housing

Board approves plans to develop 7 units on 3 properties in Hailey By MIKE SHULTZ Express Staff Writer The Blaine County School District board of trustees unanimously approved on Tuesday three ground-lease and development agreements in collaboration with the ARCH Community Housing Trust to build affordable workforce housing for district teachers and staff. The district […]
House Moves to new HOME

We are so grateful! One of our donors was amazing and donated this cabin from Walnut Street in Ketchum to Bellevue for city employee housing. A huge thank you goes out to @tammydavis3486 at Building Materials Thrift, Commissioner @dickfosbury68, Pacific Movers, and Bradley construction !!!
2024 Summer Newsletter

What We’ve Been Up To This Year Community Collaboration makes it happen Partnerships are the key! We understand that solving Blaine County’s housing crisis requires more than just us—it takes a dedicated network of like-minded organizations and individuals. That’s why we constantly work toward establishing new ways to collaborate with our local community. Here are […]
2023 Summer Newsletter

What We’ve Been Up To This Year Blaine County School District Units:In 2022 we received our second generous million-dollar match from Jeanne Herberger. Jeanne matched 50 cents for every $1 donated, and with your help, this summer we were able to close out the match by reaching our $3 million goal. The money raised has […]
2022 Summer Newsletter

What We’ve Been Up To This Year ARCH continues to utilize federal housing dollars in order to serve a large part of our community. However, these funds have limitations. Rental income can only be 60% or less than the Area Median Income (AMI) Ownership is limited to 80% or less of AMI These programs do […]