Village of Bruno

Source: Marvin Planning Consultants, Inc 2019 The weighted average under cost was above 3.00, indicating cost is extremely important to all groups.

The weighted average under quality of construction was greater than a 3.00, indicating quality of construction is extremely important to all groups.

Privacy/distance between homes and size of residence, based upon the weighted averages, is less important to those renting and listed as “other” than to those owning their home.

Historic character and architectural features are less important to all groups. All three groups have a weighted average of under 2.00

Low maintenance residences are important to all those answering the question, with a weight for all three groups near or over 3.00. However, low maintenance is more important to homeowners as opposed to renters.

Table 2.6 indicates the responses to key issues seen by both the rental and ownership group. The survey, once again, asked for the respondents to rank these items from “1” to “4” and a weighted average was generated. Looking at the different issues, all but one issue was considered important or very important. The issue are ranked as follows:

Renters

• Quality of Construction 3.59 • Cost 3.57 • Low Maintenance 3.30 • Size of residence 3.22 • Privacy or distance 3.04 • Historic character 2.30

Owners

• Quality of Construction 3.74 • Cost 3.57 • Privacy or distance 3.25 • Size of residence 3.10 • Low Maintenance 3.00 • Historic character 1.83

The respondents identified as renters were less satisfied with where they lived. In total, 55.48% were either “Somewhat Satisfied” or “Not Satisfied”. Those respondents identifying as a homeowner were more likely to be “Satisfied” or “Very Satisfied, with 74.22% feeling this way. Finally, considering the comments by some answering “other” on their living arrangement, 48.48% were “Not Satisfied” or only “Somewhat Satisfied”.

Question 14 asked respondents to identify in what type of housing they would prefer to live. Their choices were Single-family, Multi-family/ condominium development with on-site amenities,

Table 2.6: Importance of Features by Tenure