Teton commissioners to weigh $50k FY27 grant for Housing Trust staff capacity

Teton County commissioners are scheduled on April 27 to consider a FY2027 community-development funding request from the Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust seeking $50,000 from the county (and a separate $50,000 request from the Town of Jackson). According to the application, the county share would represent about 8% of the organization’s roughly $1.2 million annual budget. (BCC Staff Report — Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust Funding Request)

The Housing Trust says the money would support “staff capacity required to advance the development of new permanently affordable housing,” including coordinating consultants and project partners, advancing design/financing and pre-construction planning, and securing commercial and philanthropic financing to close capital gaps. The group lists performance measures such as project milestones (design completion, financing secured, construction start), units advanced toward construction, private/philanthropic dollars leveraged, and AMI served.

In its report-back on prior local funding, the Housing Trust says it completed 20 permanently affordable homes at Hansen Corner and advanced a 36-unit affordable rental project on Nelson Drive with a target occupancy in fall 2027, while also citing $13.75 million in philanthropic investment secured for Hansen Corner and $18 million pledged for Nelson Drive. (BCC Staff Report — Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust Funding Request)