California’s housing crisis should have, by this time, eased some after Gov. Jerry Brown last year signed more than a dozen bills that would encourage more building. But some analysts now say that the laws have yet to have a measurable impact on the state’s progress.
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Nevada struggles with housing affordability
Like the rest of the country, Carson City, Nevada faces a housing affordability crisis. Rental and homeownership costs are simply out of reach for many.
Lower corporate tax rate weakens affordable housing development
While federal lawmakers left Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in place during their tax overhaul earlier this year, affordable housing developers face another challenge: a lower corporate tax rate has investors less enthusiastic for the tax breaks that have traditionally helped them build affordable housing.
Discrimination against voucher users contributes to affordable housing crisis
A new study found that landlord discrimination against tenants who use housing vouchers is contributing to the country’s already severe affordable housing crisis.
Witnesses testify to overcrowded housing impacts on Alaska Native communities
A recent hearing held in Savoonga, Alaska, focused on housing overcrowding and affordability and its impacts on Alaska Native communities. United States Sen. Lisa Murkowski chaired the hearing, which was the first to consider these issues.