California
(The Center Square) - Billions of dollars of government spending over a decade have done nothing to stop homeownership from slipping out of reach for millions of Americans.
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Virginia
As a single mother balancing work against earning a nursing degree, Yvettrise Hoskie thought homeownership was out of her reach. Now, she’s settling into a Henrico County townhome development. The county’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund helped with her downpayment, but the financial assistance was made possible by one of the state’s more controversial neighbors — […]
States Newsroom
Earlier this week, Stein withdrew Jeff Smythe’s nomination as secretary for the Department of Public Safety.
California
(The Center Square) – A law passed in 2023 that sought to consolidate applications for California’s affordable housing developers received scrutiny from lawmakers on Tuesday, who looked at how effective the law has been in its first two years.
Idaho
Only one of Idaho’s public housing authorities has signed on to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development coalition to consider adding work requirements to its subsidized housing programs. Other authority leaders say they remain skeptical about the benefits of a work requirement. Feds encourage public housing authorities to impose work rules, time limits […]
Missoula
Project Developers DEVCO said the $1.5 million in funds would help solve a critical funding gap facing the 152-unit affordable housing project.
States Newsroom
LEXINGTON — Kentucky is still not building nearly enough homes across all incomes, but especially for lower-income people, to bridge the state’s large housing supply gap that’s burdening some Kentuckians with severe housing costs, according to a state housing executive. Kentucky would need to build more housing at a higher rate that currently just to […]
Commentary
Ask anyone in Idaho about the housing shortage and you’ll hear the same thing: We know the problem. We’re stuck on what to do about it. Idaho’s housing shortage isn’t new anymore. Nonprofits, quasi-governmental groups, city partners, and grassroots coalitions are already working on the issue from their respective corner of the state. Boise has […]
Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. — Caddo Parish commissioners decided against pursuing temporary workforce housing regulations during a Special Projects Committee meeting Monday.
Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont. — New numbers from the Human Resource Development Council showed a drop in homelessness in Bozeman as local leaders point to expanded services, shelter space and affordable housing efforts.Â
