CLOSINGS WITH A CAUSE
SUN VALLEY REALTORS® GIVE COMMUNITY HOUSING FUND
Creating housing opportunities for Blaine County’s essential workers.
With every real estate transaction, the Sun Valley REALTORS Give Community Housing Fund encourages all buyers, sellers, Realtors and brokers to designate proceeds or a portion of their commission to fund workforce housing for essential workers in Blaine County, Idaho.
The meteoric rise in housing prices has been devastating for many in our community and has created extreme housing insecurity never before witnessed in the Sun Valley area.
With concern about the rapidly changing character of Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue, Carey, and communities beyond, and the inability for essential employees to afford stable, secure housing, Sun Valley REALTORS Give created the Community Housing Fund. With every real estate transaction, the Community Housing Fund encourages all agents, buyers and sellers to designate proceeds or a portion of their commission to fund workforce housing for essential workers in Blaine County.
With a $10,000 gift from the Sun Valley Board of Realtors and an anonymous $25,000 donation, the Community Housing Fund was created in January 2024.
Before launching the program, the Community Housing Fund raised over $110,000 from Founding Donors, Ambassadors of the Fund and Friends of the Fund. Fundraising will continue through 2024 and beyond with the Closings with a Cause program. At the closing table, we ask buyers, sellers, Realtors and brokers to contribute to non-profit entities creating workforce housing for essential workers in Blaine County. Grants will also provide housing assistance by bridging the gap in a buyer’s down payment, buying down an interest rate to make a loan more affordable, or contributing towards closing costs.
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How the Fund Works
The Community Housing Fund is an opportunity for realtors, buyers, and sellers to give back to the greater Sun Valley community at each closing to help bridge the gap between what a home now costs in our community and what our local essential workers can afford. The Community Housing Fund pools donations to maximize impact on the housing problem that affects every household, organization, and employer in our community.
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Every gift to the Community Housing Fund supports the construction or purchase of workforce housing projects in Blaine County, Idaho by non-profit developers and other entities with a proven track record and who share the goals of Sun Valley REALTORS Give.
Sun Valley REALTORS Give’s Community Housing Fund together with ARCH Community Housing Trust, the Wood River Community Housing Trust and Blaine County Charitable Fund financially advances shovel-ready projects or existing housing inventory to ensure every gift to the Community Housing Fund is properly invested and well managed.
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