A series of housing studies and need assessments have been completed during the last several years to address housing needs in Webster City and its immediate region. These studies have included the 1996 Hamilton County Housing Needs Assessment & Action Plan by Iowa State University’s Department of Community and Regional Planning, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment prepared by the MIDAS Council of Governments in 1997, and the previous Webster City Housing Needs Assessment and Plans prepared by RDG in 1999 and 2004. This current housing needs assessment and strategy plan builds on the foundation of this earlier work and establishes a new housing program based on the most recent available information.