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housing officials, workforce employers, and general public that, indeed, there is a lack of affordable housing options in Rappahannock County. This community awareness and willingness to amend the need thereof is cited by. the 2004 Rappahannock County Comprehensive Plan and various area surveys conducted in recent years.
Initiatives to identify and remedy housing deficiency have been hindered, however, by the absence of hard facts - the composed and quantifiable information necessary to outline the demand and best way to meet local housing needs.
Rappahannock, with a population of approximately 7,000 persons, defies the standard methods of statistical analysis. The 2000 Census, for example, is generally used as a statistical basis for data that local government uses as a basis for policy decisions. The Census uses two forms to collect data eveiy ten years, the “long form” and the “short form”. The “long form” contains detailed questions about housing status that can provide helpful data for planners, yet only 17 percent, or about 1 in 6 households receive the long form”.
Hypothetically, a population of 7,000 equals 1,750 households with 4 members. The 17 percent of those 1,750 households equals 297 households that receive the census form which includes detailed housing questions.
This weak statistical basis, completed once every ten years, combined with studies which indicate that those families with housing issues often do not report complete or factual census data, leads to an absence of a clear understanding of local housing issues and needs.
Concerned local citizens, local civic groups, and local government officials have
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