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Housing Challenges and Man Camp Solutions in a Labor-Driven Gas Industry

Explore the housing issues faced by a large, primarily male, transient workforce in the gas industry and analyze the benefits and challenges of utilizing man camps as a solution. Identify priority housing issues, develop action steps, and establish monitoring mechanisms. Conduct inventories of existing housing and infrastructure, and maintain open communication with drilling companies.

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Housing Challenges and Man Camp Solutions in a Labor-Driven Gas Industry

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  1. Housing • Labor Migration • Large Workforce (Primarily Male) • Gas Industry Houses Workforce: • Hotels/Motels • RV Parks • Rentals • Man Camps • Transient Population

  2. Current Housing Issues • Availability • Affordability • Sub Standard Housing • Impact on Housing • Increase in Rent/Housing Rates • Lack of Housing • Low Income • General Population • Homelessness • Homeless Communities • Impact Tourism

  3. Man Camps: Temporary Portable Housing Units. They set up and dismantle easily. They come in various designs and will house anywhere from 6 people to a few hundred.

  4. Man Camps • Benefits • Alleviate Significant Housing Demands • Temporary • Quick to Build and Tear Down • Highly Regulated • Boom to Local Businesses • Isolated

  5. Challenges • Location – Infrastructure • Land Preservation • Private Land Owner Conflicts • Stigma of Crime

  6. Recommendations • Identify high priority community housing issues. • Determine how the high priority housing issues will be affected. • Identify specific action steps. • Develop a mechanism to monitor and implement change as needed. • Inventory existing housing and vacant properties. • Inventory commercial and industry properties. • Identify sites with the infrastructure already in place to sustain a man camp. • Keep open and ongoing communication with the drilling companies.

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