Article: How States Are Addressing the High Cost of Housing

“As housing concerns spread, lawmakers in many states are finding that support for new policies cuts across traditional partisan divisions. But that’s true about opposition as well. Politicians from both parties have opposed state efforts to force local zoning changes, and not just in New York.”

“In the last decade, however, the high cost of housing — as well as questions about the quality, accessibility and stability of housing, especially for low-income people — have become widespread concerns in suburban and rural areas as well. State policymakers have begun advancing ambitious housing policies of their own, and not just in coastal areas. To date, no state or city has figured out how to address the lack of affordable and accessible housing at the scale that’s needed. But many experiments are underway, and the pressure on lawmakers at every level of government to act is only growing more intense.

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https://www.governing.com/urban/how-states-are-addressing-the-high-cost-of-housing