Housing

Local workforce housing continues to be at the forefront of community conversations. That’s why the NTCA is focused on supporting and advocating for workforce housing solutions. The shift in the organization’s funding source and focus means that roughly $4M in TOT that formerly funded the NTCA’s Destination Marketing initiatives is now being allocated toward local workforce housing and transportation initiatives. Recent projects recommended by the NTCA, its board and committees, and supported by TOT funds as approved by the Placer County Board of Supervisors include the below. 

Placemate

• To incentivize second homeowners to rent long-term to the local workforce in Eastern Placer County, the NTCA Board of Directors recommended that $500,000 of unspent Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) support the Placemate workforce housing program. The Placer County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of expenditure on June 28, 2022.
• In the first nine months of the program, 157 homeowners expressed interest in renting their properties through the Placemate program. As of April 20, 2023, 28 properties have been awarded grants, 67 people have been housed at an average property rent of $2,525 per month, and the total incentive cost has been $290,000.

Dollar Creek Workforce Housing Project pre-development-related assistance 

• The NTCA board approved the recommendation of TOT funds to the Placer County Board of Supervisors in support of the Dollar Creek Housing Project.

In addition, NTCA CEO Tony Karwowski serves on the Mountain Housing Council (MHC), a project of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, which brings together 29 diverse stakeholders to accelerate solutions to achievable local housing. The MHC’s goal is to build on the needs identified in the Truckee North Tahoe Regional Workforce Housing Needs Assessment and tackle the unique and pressing challenges of housing in the North Tahoe-Truckee region, including availability, variety, and affordability. Learn more about the Local Achievable Housing Framework.