This survey is being conducted as part of a housing study to address housing strategies within Mattoon, IL. Please only fill this survey out if you are an employer in Mattoon, IL.
Housing that meets the needs of a community for all citizens, including workforce, is vital to a community's ability to grow businesses and attract families to live and work. Employer surveys will help determine if housing is a factor in their aility to hire and make decisions about future expansion of their business, as follows:
1) Determine if local housing availability impacts their current ability to hire and if so, helps to determine wage ranges of jobs to fill (housing affordability).
2) Determine if the business seeks to expand/add workforce, and whether or not local housing availability will have an impact on a decision to expand, as well as the wage ranges of jobs to meet those expansion plans.
3) Prove information about employer-assisted housing programs, including any existing programs, as well as interest by employers to adopt an employer assisted housing program.
Please take a few moments to complete this survey and return per instructions in the cover letter. The data collected from this and other assessment tools will be aggregated and individual responses will remain anonymous.