Blaine County debuts affordable housing for school employees

Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on August 5, 2024 HAILEY — Raechel Driscoll worked at the Blaine County School District for five years before a family emergency forced her to leave. When she decided to come back after a year and was offered a job with the district, Driscoll searched for a place to live for nearly a […]

ARCH project nets 2 new houses, with help from Hailey

Project allows local workers to receive 20% discount on buying a home By ANDREW GUCKES Express Staff Writer This fall, the city of Hailey and the nonprofit ARCH Community Housing Trust announced that they would be partnering in a program that uses city funds to offset some of the costs of home ownership. Now, ARCH […]

KTVB: New program helps Blaine County workers afford homes

  ‘We couldn’t have done it without this’: New program helps Blaine County workers afford homes The median home price in Hailey is $731,000, a 12% increase from last year. The program has helped two families buy a house since it started about two months ago. Author: Abby Davis Published: 10:57 PM MST December 21, […]

Sunny Gulch Townhomes to Provide Eight Workforce Housing Units – Eye on Sun Valley

Sunny Gulch Townhomes Ground Breaking

Shelly Boettger, manager of Donor Relations and Outreach for ARCH Community Housing Trust, shows off some of the groundbreaking hats she keeps on her shovel for ARCH groundbreakings. Monday, October 23, 2023 STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK Construction on eight modern cottage-like townhomes for the workforce will begin this week, thanks to some private […]

Blaine County School District constructs their own solutions.

HAILEY, Idaho — BCSD employees have struggled to find housing, which resulted in missed opportunities. The district has gotten creative with finding solutions! WRHS’s construction academy is helping construct housing to supplement the housing crisis. Superintendent Jim Foudy has prioritized housing to ensure it doesn’t become a long-term problem. (Below is the transcript from the […]

ARCH and the City of Hailey looking at a ‘pilot’ deed-restriction program

City of Hailey

The first project in the pipeline for this funding is employee housing for the City of Bellevue The Hailey City Council is considering partnering with the ARCH Community Housing Trust on a new “pilot” deed-restriction housing program, in which the city would maintain a small pool of housing units for sale or rental to local […]

ARCH is delivering Permanently Affordable Housing!

“Our second annual Raise the Roof event on July 6th was a huge success. We received another generous million-dollar match from Jeanne Herberger—her third such match in as many years. Jeanne will match 50 cents to every dollar that is contributed up to one million dollars!” The first project in the pipeline for this funding is […]

ARCH hoping to build 8-unit ‘affordable’ townhome development in Hailey

Sunny Gulch Townhomes Preliminary Not for Construction

ARCH hoping to build 8-unit ‘affordable’ townhome development in Hailey Sunny Gulch Townhomes would be built in Sunbeam Subdivision By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer Read the full article here. The Hailey P&Z will hold a public hearing tonight, Monday, Aug. 21, regarding a preliminary plat application from from ARCH Community Housing Trust for a […]

Golf Tourney to Raise Money for Healthcare Provider Housing

Golf Tourney to Raise Money for Healthcare Provider Housing STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK, Eye On Sun Valley Read the full article here. Rally for the Valley next week. The annual Rally for the Valley golf scramble will be held Tuesday, Aug. 22, at Elkhorn Golf Course. Golfers will have a day of fun […]