Section I: Firm profile

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1. What is your organization's primary industry?

Agriculture Construction or trades Education (K-12 or higher education) Government Healthcare Manufacturing Professional services Retail or hospitality Warehousing, distribution, or logistics Other

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2. In which county is your main worksite?

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3. Approximately how many employees work for you in the eight-county region?

Section II: Employee recruitment and turnover

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4. How would you characterize your current ability to fill open positions? Select all that apply.

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5. In what wage ranges are positions hardest to fill?

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6. How often do candidates ask about housing availability or affordability?

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7. Have you lost candidates or new employees because they could not find suitable housing within a reasonable commute?

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8. How important are the following features for attracting and retaining your workforce?

	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important
Proximity to transit (bus)	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important
Walkable neighborhoods with retail and dining	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important
Quality of local schools	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important
Affordable childcare options	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important
Variety of housing options	Very important	Important	Somewhat important	Not important

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9. What are the top reasons employees leave? Select up to three.

Select up to 3.

Section III: Employee housing needs

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10. From what areas do most of your employees commute? Select up to three.

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11. What types of homes are your employees most often looking for? Select up to three.

Select up to 3.

Section IV: Employer programs

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12. Does your organization currently offer any of the following? Select all that apply.

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13. Which programs would you consider offering if resources or partnerships were available? Select all that apply.

Down payment assistance for employees Partnerships with developers for workforce housing Shuttle or transit service (possibly shared with other employers) Childcare subsidies Homebuyer education programs None - not appropriate for our organization Other

Section V: What your organization could provide

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14. How interested would you be in each of these ways to help employees with housing?

	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Help with a down payment or closing costs	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Help with security deposits or first month's rent	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Leasing apartments to hold for new hires	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Building or co-investing in housing for employees	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Contributing land or a site	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Investing in or depositing with the regional fund	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested
Relocation or temporary housing for new hires	Already doing it	Interested	Maybe	Not interested

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15. What services or resources would make it easier for your organization to help employees with housing?

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16. Is there anything else you would like to share about how housing conditions affect your ability to attract, retain, or grow your workforce in the Southern Tier?

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Southern Tier Workforce Housing: Employer Survey

Section I: Firm profile

1. What is your organization's primary industry?

2. In which county is your main worksite?

3. Approximately how many employees work for you in the eight-county region?

Section II: Employee recruitment and turnover

4. How would you characterize your current ability to fill open positions? Select all that apply.

5. In what wage ranges are positions hardest to fill?

6. How often do candidates ask about housing availability or affordability?

7. Have you lost candidates or new employees because they could not find suitable housing within a reasonable commute?

8. How important are the following features for attracting and retaining your workforce?

9. What are the top reasons employees leave? Select up to three.

Section III: Employee housing needs

10. From what areas do most of your employees commute? Select up to three.

11. What types of homes are your employees most often looking for? Select up to three.

Section IV: Employer programs

12. Does your organization currently offer any of the following? Select all that apply.

13. Which programs would you consider offering if resources or partnerships were available? Select all that apply.

Section V: What your organization could provide

14. How interested would you be in each of these ways to help employees with housing?

15. What services or resources would make it easier for your organization to help employees with housing?

16. Is there anything else you would like to share about how housing conditions affect your ability to attract, retain, or grow your workforce in the Southern Tier?

17. May the project team follow up with you?

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