Housing
1. If you live or stay in Payne-Phalen now, do you expect to be here 10 years from now? (pick one)
a. Yes, definitely.
b. No. I want to live somewhere else, in some other neighborhood.
c. I’m not sure yet.
2. What reasons best describe why you might want to stay in Payne-Phalen for the next 10 years? (check all that apply)
a. It’s home
b. It’s where I’m from
c. It’s the place I picked
d. I’ve made a financial and/or emotional investment in this place
e. I’m here so may as well make the best of it
f. I can’t afford to move somewhere else
g. Payne-Phalen just feels right to me. I pretty much have a good thing going on
h. There’s a lot of different kinds of housing to choose from in Payne-Phalen
3. What reasons best describe why you might want to leave Payne-Phalen and move somewhere else in the next 10 years? (check all that apply)
a. It’s not my home
b. It’s not where I’m from
c. I think that in ten years, I’ll be able to afford to live somewhere else
d. Ten years from now, I won’t be able to afford living here anymore
e. I want to stay, but there aren’t enough housing options in Payne-Phalen
4. Does Payne-Phalen have enough choices in different kinds of housing available to meet the way you want to be living and can afford to live 10 years from now? (pick one)
a. Yes, of course. Plenty of choices.
b. No. The choices are too narrow.
c. It would be great if more choices were available.
5. If it was made available, would you like to live in a place where… (check all that apply)
a. Different people or families have their own living space, but share a common kitchen
b. Different people or families have their own sleeping space, but share a common living area
c. Different people or families have their own indoor spaces, but share a common outdoor plaza or garden
d. Different people or families live in spaces designed to more communally share childcare or elder care responsibilities.
e. Different people or families share transportation
6. If we are going to advocate for more housing choices to become available in the next 10 years, which are the most important considerations for you? (check all that apply)
a. A variety of price points
b. Different types of ownership (like cooperative ownership)
c. Places that used to be called rooming houses, residence hotels (but cleaner, safer, healthier)
d. Smaller units available (i.e., micro-units, tiny houses)
e. Larger units available (i.e., 4 bedrooms, 5 bedrooms, 6 bedrooms, etc.)
f. Units that better accommodate bigger households or multi-generational living
g. Housing choices that reflect the way different ethnicities create households and how different cultures think of “home”
h. More walkable: Closer to transit, shopping and services like healthcare and daycare
i. Higher density: More units taking up less land keeps process affordable
j. Housing based on creative or professional work (artist housing, teachers housing, etc.)
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7. When you get old, who do you want to live with? (check all that apply)
a. By myself
b. With family
c. With friends and “chosen family”
d. Only with seniors
e. With people of different generations
f. Multi-cultural communities
g. Mixed-income communities
8. In relation to housing, what would you like to learn more about? (check all that apply)
a. Information about how to own my own home
b. Information about how to maintain and keep up my own home
c. Resources to help people maintain and keep up old houses
d. Information about the way that different people create different types of households and how different cultures think of “home”
Optional: Approximately what age will you be ten years from now?
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Optional: Which of these organizations have you heard about?
Payne-Phalen Community Council (PPCC)
East Side Neighborhood Development Corporation (ESNDC)
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