Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. PROJECT KICKOFF • Meeting with Planning Commission and/or project subcommittee. Topics to include community goals, approach, information needs, stakeholder and community engagement, timeline, and process. Identify key staff and working group. 2. DEMOGRAPHIC & ECONOMIC ANALYSIS • Develop demographic and economic profile of Londonderry and mountain town region. • Analysis of existing and projected trends (e.g., population distribution by age/income, number of households, median age, race, and ethnicity). • Compile information on labor market size and commuter trends (inflow-outflow, remote), as well as educational attainment and unemployment trends. 3. HOUSING NEEDS ANALYSIS • Collect/analyze data on existing housing supply, interview stakeholders, conduct survey of local employers. Use findings to project demand for various housing types. 3A. SUPPLY ANALYSIS ◦ The Housing Needs Analysis will document the current housing supply and how that supply has changed over the past five years. ◦ Inventory type of housing, quality, cost/affordability, vacancy, seasonality, etc. ◦ Inventory will include: owner- vs. renter-occupied housing supply; age of housing stock; single-family vs. multifamily housing; vacancy trends; home prices, rental rates, and affordability; building permits and housing development pipeline analysis; year-round vs. seasonal housing; and home-sharing and short-term rental analysis.
