New Mexico Legislature Needs to Help Local Governments Permit More Housing, Report Recommends

New Mexico Legislature needs to help local governments permit more housing, report recommends

A new report published Aug. 12, 2026, from Homewise and the Mercatus Center says the New Mexico Legislature should offer state-funded incentives to municipal governments to reduce obstacles in local zoning and new housing permitting processes. (Photo by Danielle Prokop for Source NM)The New Mexico Legislature needs to help local governments build more housing by offering state incentives, improving data collection and beefing up its state housin…

Eastern Montana needs a housing strategy – help us build one

Ask almost anyone in our region what's standing in the way of growth - a new hire taking a job, a young family staying local, a business expanding - and you'll hear the same answer: there's nowhere to live. That's not just anecdote. It's what residents across our 17-county service area told us directly through Action for Eastern Montana's 2025 Community Needs...