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ANALYSIS 55 Provision of Housing The basic elements in the typical housing production and delivery system in a small community are preparation (land acquisition, planning and zon- ing), production (site preparation, utility construction and financing), distribution (sale and subsequent resale and refinancing), and service (maintenance and repairs, improvements, and additions).* In most cases, this system operates at a level sufficient to meet minimum housing needs. However, it is inadequate to meet accelerated demand generated by energy development. The provision of both temporary and permanent housing in energy-impacted areas can be approached in three steps: (1) Stimulation of traditional sources of financing, home build- ing and mobile home park development. (2) Effective use of existing federal, state and local housing programs. (3) Participation of energy developers and their prime contractors. Stimulation of traditional housing industry. There is evidence in many smaller energy-impacted communities in the Rocky Mountain Region that tra- ditional approaches to providing housing have not functioned adequately. There is usually a shortage of mortgage money from local financial insti- tutions, and a reluctance on the part of larger institutions in major cities to commit funds to boom towns. The local home building industry cannot usually satisfy, in a timely fashion, the demands for large numbers of new homes; and providing a sizable number of mobile home pads may not represent an attractive investment opportunity if anticipated needs for these pads are of short duration. One of the most damaging effects of the typical energy-impacted boom town in the Rocky Mountain Region has been the astronomical inflation in housing costs, especially site , U.S. Government Printing 0414