The City of Brandon has declared a desire to have both economic and population growth into the future. In doing so they recognize that to achieve this, they need to have adequate and affordable housing alternatives for those individuals and families coming into the community. Due to the growth that has happened over the last few years, the City of Brandon has a growing need for affordable housing for its low and moderate income residents. The City is beset by an extremely low rental vacancy rate, shrinking supply of affordable rental and owned housing, increasing numbers of low – moderate income households, rising prices of available housing stock and a population forecast that projects the addition of 5,525 people over the next five plus years. Housing is a complex issue involving not only all residents of a municipality, but also all levels of government, the non-profit sector and private enterprise. This plan is intended to primarily provide direction to the City of Brandon regarding their role in increasing the availability of affordable housing. Housing is the basic foundation from which a community’s success grows. Without adequate, affordable and sustainable housing, it will be impossible for Brandon to achieve its community vision. In developing this plan, the values and desires contained within both the Community Strategic Plan and the City of Brandon’s Mission Statement were considered in order to ensure that the housing vision is in line with the community’s overall desires.