Blaine Manor Construction Underway!
As you may have noticed, construction for the Blaine Manor Communities in Hailey is underway! The stem walls are in and the foundation has been poured. We are very excited that ARCH is bringing additional affordable rentals to Blaine County. Did you know that the County Commissioners provided support for this project by donating the […]
2024 Annual Report
The ARCH 2024 Annual Report is now available! Dear Friends, Thanks to all of you, ARCH continues to house the workforce upon which we all depend. This year critical Blaine County School District employees moved into housing dedicated to district employees. The Sunbeam homes which were funded with ARPA funds from Blaine County, our first […]
2023 Annual Report
The ARCH 2023 Annual Report is now available! Dear Friends, On behalf of our board and staff, I want to express our gratitude to all of you for supporting ARCH and our community. Your contributions have made workforce housing a reality through events like our annual “Raise the Roof” fundraiser and the recent “Art and […]
2022 Annual Report
The ARCH 2022 Annual Report is now available! Dear Friends, Thanks to your unprecedented generosity, ARCH has had another incredibly successful year. In addition to our federally funded home development, we have made great strides toward housing our workforce through partnerships. St. Lukeís Wood River is welcoming its first employees into homes, the Blaine County […]
2021 Annual Report
The ARCH 2021 Annual Report is now available! Enjoy a letter of appreciation from our executive director, as well as an overview of how ARCH is breaking ground, building homes, standing up for housing, and supporting our community. Download 2021 Annual Report
2020 Annual Report
The ARCH 2020 Annual Report is now available! Enjoy a letter of appreciation from our executive director, as well as an overview of how ARCH is breaking ground, building homes, standing up for housing, and supporting our community. Download 2020 Annual Report
Thank you, ARCH for affordable housing
Article from the Idaho Mountain Express. Let’s cheer the work of Michelle Griffith, ARCH’s executive director, and ARCH’s board. ARCH, with Michelle’s vision, skill and perseverance, has done more to provide affordable housing in Blaine County than anyone else. Just this month, two more ARCH affordable rental housing projects were approved in Hailey. One development […]
Blaine Manor housing gets go-ahead
Article via Idaho Mountain Express. Low-income project would bring 60 units to downtown Hailey After years of false starts, seniors will be coming back to Blaine Manor. The Idaho Housing and Finance Association approved $5.79 million over 10 years in tax-credit financing to build a 30-unit apartment block on the fallow lot that once held […]
ARCH housing project gets preliminary approval from Hailey council
Article via Idaho Mountain Express. New ‘neighborhood’ could be reserved for workforce population The Hailey City Council has given preliminary approval to ARCH Community Housing Trust to use a one-acre parcel in Woodside subdivision for one home of a possible eight-unit affordable housing community. ARCH has succeeded in building affordable rental and deed-restricted ownership housing […]
Blaine County wages do not support Blaine County home costs.
Recently the Mountain Express published an article highlighting low unemployment and associated wages. The article touched on housing however the chart below clearly links the published wages to housing. It is noteworthy that the largest employment sector (Leisure / Hospitality) at 31% of the reported jobs is nearly double the size of the next largest […]
