Letter: Affordable places to live are a basic necessity

Letter: Affordable places to live are a basic necessity

Housing affordability is a basic life necessity. Buying reliable starter houses with space for kids, renting safe, well-maintained apartments, being able to affordably downsize as we grow older, having affordable mobile home lot rent, all are needed. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says in the U.S., we are over 5 million units short. Housing Bill HF3895 “Yes to Homes” is a bipartisan bill with many options for cities that works to reduce red tape a…