State senator Hansen sponsored LB 446, which would force the state to apply for emergency rental assistance. Governor Ricketts says Nebraskans don't need it.
State budget director Lee Will noted that Nebraska hasn't spent its first installment of emergency rental assistance, but advocates say there is still a dire need for help.
A devastating fire in a Philadelphia public-housing rowhome last week killed 12 people, eight of them children. In the aftermath, advocates say government leaders need to address the city's affordable-housing crisis to ensure the tragedy doesn't happen again. According to officials, 26 people were living in the duplex apartment at the time of the fire. ...
A task force charged with addressing homelessness and affordable housing across Colorado is expected to release recommendations on how to invest some $400 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds later this month. Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, serves as vice-chair for the task force's sub-panel, made up of non-governmental housing experts. She said most people agree expanding housing capacity should be a top priority, and not just in the state's urban areas. ...
Like many states across the country, Montana is facing a housing crisis. One organization says policies in the Build Back Better Act, still in Congress, could help more people find and afford homes. Opponents of the bill say it's too costly. ...