Bipartisan housing programs have little to show. Legislators are working on fixes.

Ohio lawmakers pushing affordable housing fixes

(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of Ohio Senators believes they can solve the state’s affordable housing crisis through a combination of legislation that would halt property tax increases,

Bipartisan housing programs have little to show. Legislators are working on fixes.

In 2023, state lawmakers created three workforce housing programs they said would boost house construction around Wisconsin. They didn’t work as well as legislators hoped. The post Bipartisan housing programs have little to show. Legislators are working on fixes. appeared first on WPR.

Senators reintroduce rural housing bill as bipartisan support rises

A bipartisan duo of lawmakers in the Senate recently reintroduced a bill they previously collaborated on in 2023, aiming to bolster affordable housing programs and accessibility in rural areas. Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) are calling the bill the most sweeping reform to the federal Rural Housing Service (RHS) in decades. They said the bill — known as the Rural Housing Service Reform Act — would offer “loans, grants and re…