The Affordable Housing Department provides opportunities for qualified individuals to purchase affordable and attainable housing in Park City. People who meet the qualifications to purchase an affordable or attainable housing unit in the city are added to a waitlist, and are then notified about purchase opportunities, in order of their standing on the waitlist.

On average, there are 5-10 opportunities to purchase an affordable or attainable unit each year. Visit the For Sale Housing Program page to learn more.

Contact Housing Program Administrator Rhoda Stauffer at rhoda.stauffer@parkcity.org or 435.615.5152 for more information.

Park City works with various community agencies to connect prospective renters with housing units in the area. Please be aware that the following agencies may have different qualification and application processes than Park City Municipal: 

• Mountainlands Community Housing Trust: maintains information about affordable rental units. Contact: 435.647.9719 | mcht@housinghelp.org | housinghelp.org.
• Housing Connect: manages the distribution of Housing Choice Program (formerly known as Section 8) rental vouchers in Summit County. Contact: 801.284.4400 | info@housingconnect.org | housingconnect.org.
• Utah Department of Workforce Services: maintains a database of affordable rental housing statewide

Visit Park City, the City's chamber of commerce, compiles a list of seasonal housing resources, including rental listing boards and resources for tenants. 

The Mountainlands Community Housing Trust Workforce Employer Rental Incentive Program, or WE RIP, provides additional workforce housing opportunities for the Park City area. Rentals available as part of WE RIP are listed at this link. 

The full list of qualifications to own a deed-restricted affordable housing unit in Park City are listed on the Qualifications page. Please review the qualifications to assess your eligibility before applying.

The qualifications include, but are not limited to, having worked full-time at an employer located within the Park City School District boundary for at least two years prior to application, and having an income below or equal to 80% of area median income for affordable units, or an income of 81-150% of area median income for attainable units.

For questions about eligibility, contact Housing Program Administrator Rhoda Stauffer at rhoda.stauffer@parkcity.org or 435.615.5152.

The Affordable Housing Department refers to the pre-application to add qualified persons to the waitlist to purchase affordable housing units. People on the waitlist then fill out a full application when opportunities to purchase a unit become available. 

Please refer to the qualifications before filling out a pre-application for affordable housing. 

For the Affordable Housing Department's pre-application, you will need the following information: 

• Adjusted gross household income
• Net household worth (all assets, less debt)
• Location and hours of employment
• Pre-approval letter from a lender with the maximum mortgage applicant is qualified for (not required, but suggested) 

For the Affordable Housing Department's full application, you will need the following information: 

• Most recent tax returns
• Verification of employment
• Legal divorce settlement document including alimony and/or child support amounts (if applicable)
• Financial statements for all assets (checking, savings, investments, retirement accounts, equity, etc.)
• Statements of all debt (credit card, car loan, mortgage, etc.)
• Pre-approval letter from a certified lender with a statement of maximum mortgage the applicant is qualified for (pre-qualification is not sufficient)

More information about qualifications is available at this link. To apply for affordable housing, complete the pre-application at this link. 

For all other questions about affordable housing eligibility and applications, contact Housing Program Administrator Rhoda Stauffer at rhoda.stauffer@parkcity.org or 435.615.5152.

Park City’s tourism- and hospitality-based economy depends on the thousands of workers who staff the ski resorts, hotels, restaurants and other businesses that make the City a great place to live and visit. But according to a 2021 housing needs assessment, as much as 85% of Park City’s workforce does not live in the City and is commuting every day from other areas, such as the Salt Lake Valley.

In 2016, Park City’s elected officials determined that housing is a critical priority for the area, and the City’s government has committed to a goal of building 800 new affordable housing units by 2026. This will ensure that more essential workers will be able to make Park City their home and will keep the region’s economy thriving.

A diverse range of people from various personal and professional backgrounds lives in affordable housing in Park City. Ski resort workers, hospitality workers, bartenders and servers, Park City Transit bus drivers, medical professionals, educators and government workers are among those who live in affordable housing.

Read more about people who live in affordable housing in Park City at the Mountainlands Community Housing Trust webpage.

Affordable housing units are priced at amounts that people making 80% of the area median income (AMI) will be able to afford in Summit County. Attainable housing units are priced at amounts that people making 81-150% of AMI will be able to afford.

As of 2023, Summit County’s area median income was listed at $104,000 for a one-person household, or $118,900 for a two-person household.

A Deed Restriction is a legally binding document that is recorded against a property detailing how a property may be used, owned and/or transferred. The Affordable Housing Department works with property owners in Park City to deed-restrict housing units, which allows units to remain affordable in perpetuity. This allows more members of Park City’s workforce to live in the community, instead of commuting from elsewhere.

For more information, visit the Deed Restrictions page.

A Deed Restriction is a legally binding document that is recorded against a property detailing how a property may be used, owned and/or transferred. The Affordable Housing Department works with property owners in Park City to deed-restrict housing units, which allows units to remain affordable in perpetuity. This allows more members of Park City’s workforce to live in the community, instead of commuting from elsewhere.

More information is available on the Affordable Housing Department Deed Restrictions page.

For more information about the Live Park City Lite-Deed Restriction program, contact Housing Program Administrator Rhoda Stauffer at rhoda.stauffer@parkcity.org or 435.615.5152.

The Affordable Housing Department seeks out public-private partnership opportunities for Affordable Housing development by publishing requests for proposals and seeking development bids for City-owned properties deemed appropriate for housing development. Bids are selected based on review criteria that assess the quality of the work plan, design, construction, financial feasibility and other aspects of the bid. 

Please visit the Developments page for more information on past, present and future Affordable Housing public-private partnerships. For other inquiries, contact Housing Development Manager Jason Glidden at jglidden@parkcity.org or 435.615.5268.

The Affordable Housing Department works with various advocacy groups across Utah and Summit County, including Mountainlands Community Housing Trust. The Mountainlands Housing Resource Center is a great place to start if you’re interested in advocating for affordable housing in the community! The Utah Housing Coalition is a statewide housing advocacy group that also occasionally partners with Park City.