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To:Tanya Andreasen
Subject:Community Housing Fund Funding Request Application Submission Entry
Date:Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:38:28 PM
A new entry to a form/survey has been submitted.
Form Name:Community Housing Fund: Funding Request Application
Date & Time:10/01/2020 12:38 PM
Response #:3
Submitter ID:30981
IP address:66.62.205.34
Time to complete:15 min. , 22 sec.
Survey Details
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Community Housing Fund Scoring Sheet
Community Housing Allocation Process
1.Organization Seeking Funding
Organization Name Foothold
Address Foothold Housing Solutions, PO Box 1388, Bozeman, MT 59771
Contact Name Hannah Van Wetter
Contact Phone Number (406) 451-4139
Contact Email Address hannah@buildfoothold.com
2.Project Information
Project Name Design services for affordable Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Location of Project Bozeman, MT
Project Description
The purpose of this project is to create a set of pre-engineered Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) plans that
meet the needs of Bozeman homeowners. Foothold is a new business that is building high quality and
sustainable prefab structures to address the shortage of affordable housing in Bozeman and southwest
Montana. As identified in the Bozeman Community Housing Action Plan, ADUs are a viable strategy to
create gentle infill and combat the shortage of affordable rentals. Bozeman’s Affordable Housing Needs
Assessment proposes to make a pre-engineered ADU design available to the public for free, which will
reduce hurdles for homeowners who are looking to build an ADU on their property.
Foothold has identified five homeowners who are interested in ADUs, and whose lots represent a range of
“typical” city lots. Building on the work done by Ralph Johnson and MSU students with regards to placing
units in downtown Bozeman, Foothold will focus on reducing the end cost of the product to the consumer.
Our goal is to produce three to four iterations of ADUs that meet the City’s requirements on different lots
while staying attractive and affordable. We will work with Lotus Grenier, principal Architect at Thruline
Partners, on developing these plans. Prefabrication is an essential part of achieving a viable product, with
significantly lower cost per square foot than traditionally built ADUs.
Foothold is soliciting funding from the Community Housing Fund as a way to offset the cost of the design
process for an individual homeowner and to share the lessons learned from the process across three to
four designs that can be made available to the public.
Project Timing We are currently working with a licensed architect at Thruline Partners to
develop these documents and in communication with local community
members who would be interested in placing an ADU on their property.
Design work will according to the schedule set forth in the attached Scope of
Work Document, which means these units could start to be built as early as
March of 2021 with approved documentation and support from the City.
Which Community Housing
Action Plan Strategy/Action
Item Does This Project
Address?
The creation of a pre-engineered ADU design is listed in the Proposed Actions
surrounding the strategy of utilizing Accessory Dwelling Units as a short-term
incentive program to increase the number of ADUs generated within City
limits.
# of Affordable Dwelling
Units to be
Generated/Renovated
The # of Accessory Dwelling Units is currently unlimited with improved access
to a pre-engineered plan.
Area Median Income %
Targeted
This project targets the “Missing Middle” (80%-120% AMI).
Project Partners (if
applicable)
Lotus Grenier, Thruline Partners Martin Matsen, Development of Community
Development, City of Bozeman Ralph Johnson, Montana State University
3.Indicate how this project ensures permanent or long term affordability
[×] Other
Please Explain
ADUs create additional housing stock, and provide passive income for those faced with rising costs of
homeownership. The 2019 MSU-City of Bozeman ADU project identified interested homeowners and
produced building plans, but those ADU plans were too expensive and not all of the units were built. By
investing in a set of pre-engineered plans that focus on affordability, the city can dramatically decrease the
cost of an ADU for any individual homeowner and thus make them a more viable and attractive option for
increasing rental capacity on existing lots. This directly addresses the proposed action under Bozeman’s
Community Housing Action Plan (pg 16), and could be augmented by additional steps to waive impact fees
or deed restrict ADUs. By deed-restricting these units or approved permits, the City could ensure that these
are only being used for long-term rentals, or restrict rental approvals to residential occupancy.
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4.Project Funding (Please attach budget at the end of the application)
Total Project Budget $50,600
5.Primary Project Funding Sources
1.Community Housing Fund
$ Amount $39,915
2.Foothold
$ Amount $4,000
3.Thruline Partners
$ Amount $6,685
Amount Requested From
Community Housing Fund
$39,915
6.Which Project Elements Will Funds Be Used For? (attach line item budget if needed)
1.Schematic Design and Permitting
$ Amount $8,855
2.Design Development and Engineering
$ Amount $27,060
3.Admin and General Expenses
$ Amount $4,000
7.Type of Funding Requested
(○) Grant
8.If you selected Grant, would you consider a Loan if Grant was not available?
(○) Yes
9.Would you accept 50% of your requested amount?
(○) Yes
10.Would you accept 25% of your requested amount?
(○) Yes
11.Could the Grant / Loan be split among multiple years?
(○) Yes
12.When would the funds requested need to be received in order to optimize the benefit of the funds
requested for the project?
The funds should be received no later than December 31, 2020 in order to optimize the benefit of these
funds. Delayed funding will still allow the process to continue, but at a slower pace.
13.Have you received community housing funding assistance in the past 5 years?
(○) No
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14.Additional Information
What is the level of
urgency behind the funding
request?
There have been two front page articles in as many weeks identifying the
urgent need for additional housing stock for both purchase and rentals due to
the skyrocketing prices and lack of supply. We believe that this funding
request can help show additional options for members of our community and
show that we are identifying new, creative, and innovative ways to combat
the rising price of housing.
If Community Housing
Funds are not allocated to
this project, how does
impact the project?
If we do not receive Community Housing funding, we will still continue to
develop this product and these plans, although it will be hard to make them
widely available for free to members of the community. This will still mean
that we will be able to build ADUs and provide infill for rentals to the City of
Bozeman, but it will be a more arduous and costly process for our community
since the drawings will have to be reviewed and approved on an individual
basis. This means more work for the already busy planning department, and
more time wasted in adding rental units to the market as we wait for each set
of plans to be considered and approved.
15.Additional Documentation (i.e. Cover letter, budget, project description, letters of support, etc...)
Thank you,
City Of Bozeman
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