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Winter in Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes Housing, Inc. (MLH) is a private, not for profit, organization that was established in 2003 by the Town of Mammoth Lakes. The agency received $210,000 for start-up funds in 2003 through equal contributions from the Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, and Intrawest Mammoth. The five member Board of Directors is comprised of community leaders (Kirk Stapp of the Mammoth Lakes Town Council, Rusty Gregory CEO of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Byng Hunt Mono County Board of Supervisors, Rob Clark Town of Mammoth Lakes Town Manager, and Bill Taylor local consultant and former Town Deputy Community Development Director). In July 2003, the Board hired its first director and began by providing clear and deliberate direction - be entrepreneurial and pursue all opportunities that would result in new housing development that would be affordable to a broad spectrum of the community’s workforce. In one year’s time, the organization turned its initial start-up funds of $210,000 into over $20 million dollars in housing development. As a direct result of MLH's vision and unorthodox approach to solving the housing crisis, new workforce housing units began construction in 2004.
Since 2004, MLH has continued its campaign to solve the housing problem. In 2008 102 new units have been completed with an additional 40 developed by Intrawest and being sold by MLH. Furthermore, MLH has been successful in securing nearly $7.5 million dollars for the Home Buyer Assistance Program that assists households in purchasing homes in the Town of Mammoth Lakes and in Mono County. MLH’s creativity in securing development partnerships with local developers, foundations, and agencies to create housing in Mammoth Lakes, is continuing everyday. The organization now includes a four-person staff in addition to the Board of Mammoth Lakes Housing, Inc. and is actively working to fulfill its mission to cause the creation of workforce housing for a viable and sustainable community.
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