New workforce housing survey aims at Dare residents and workers

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice

ECU’s Misun Hur believes the new survey will paint a fuller picture of workforce housing attitudes. (Credit: East Carolina University)

A survey earlier this year asking respondents if workforce housing was a critical Outer Banks need revealed limited awareness or interest in addressing the issue among a sample that included many non-resident property owners.

The survey, conducted by a team from East Carolina University (ECU) in conjunction with the Dare County Housing Task Force, generated 1,300 responses and closed on April 1.

But according to Dr. Misun Hur, ECU Professor of Community and Regional Planning who led the survey team, it skewed heavily toward responses from nonresident proper

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