Rural architecture and housing is a difficult and multifaceted problem that doesn’t operate on the same financial models as urban housing. Through our analysis, we have learned that for rural housing to be successful, wages will have to increase in the region so that people can afford to pay for newer homes or rural housing will have to be supplemented to make it work. We are proposing the establishment of a rural non-profit organization that can supplement rural housing work through grants. Also in our proposal is a housing system that will streamline the building process, making our process more financially feasible to build affordable housing. In addition to the housing system built through our proposed housing system, we will also target downtown building development with utilization of existing apartments in these locations. 

To fully solve this issue, it will involve innovative new ideas, traditional methods of building, affordable housing, high end housing, low income housing, rental housing, and more. Most houses in the area that are affordable can be of poor quality or even unhealthy. The homes that are of good quality are too expensive, making them out of reach to those in the workforce who only earn 80% of the Area Median Income. If a house is both affordable and of good quality, it is not available. Within our proposed program, we are designing houses that fit all three categories. Our proposal is a high-quality home with healthier systems and requires less maintenance and is affordable. Our intention is for our design to be easily replicated and built-in communities that are suffering from a lack of quality housing.  

With rural housing, it is not so much the cost of the house that is unaffordable, it is the labor to build the house that puts the costs over the threshold.  This is why we are forming a housing non-profit to supplement some of the costs of rural housing that make it unaffordable to our population and to offer real revolving solutions that help solve this issue.