The price and availability of housing is having a profoundly negative effect on our people and communities. For many years, our community has not been able to house all of our residents, at low and middle-earning incomes, which has created an ongoing and growing crisis due to affordability and availability.
Having a home is a basic need that helps build a strong foundation for everything else in life. Ensuring that all residents, regardless of income level, have access to housing is key to a vibrant economy.
It’s important that we come together, stay informed, and take action to build a healthy community.
What is Affordable Housing?
The government defines affordable housing if a family spends no more than 30% of their income to live there.
Residents & Individuals
Organizations & Businesses
A few years ago, the state Legislature passed a couple bills to incentivize local governments to allow for more housing density with the addition of duplexes, triplexes, attached dwelling units, and the like. Now, a new study has taken a look at what changes local governments, including several in NCW, made to accommodate denser housing after receiving grant funding to remove unnecessary regulatory constraints.
Hear from Kaylin Bettinger, Executive Director of Upper Valley MEND, about what they are up to in regards to providing affordable workforce housing.
Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.
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