The ultimate goal of the study will be to find pathways of stimulating more rapid and affordable housing development at price points falling within the county’s “missing middle” (not too expensive, but not subsidized or Section 8 housing), identify what amount of funding would be needed to make those projects work, and what types of financing terms would be beneficial for developers who often have claimed that the development climate in Tompkins County is not conducive to building at affordable price points.