“We know we have a housing accessibility and affordability crisis across America.” Addressing the 2024 NGA Housing Policy Advisors Institute, Governor Glenn Youngkin underlined the severity of the housing shortage ...
In July 2024, the National Governors Association Children and Families team hosted the monthly HSPAI Network call, focused on utilizing housing supports as a child welfare preventive factor. Investments in upstream programs ...
Governor Greg Gianforte joined the National Association of Realtors this week to discuss Montana’s progress in improving housing availability and affordability. Montana’s approach tackles housing from every angle – ...
Family housing instability can both lead to, and prolong, involvement with the child welfare system, a process that can be both expensive to the state and traumatic for the child. Governors have addressed this intersection ...
No state is immune from housing supply challenges – from residents leaving states due to high costs and low affordability to lack of housing for public workers like fire, police, nurses and teachers to live in the ...
Washington, DC – During the annual Winter Meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA), Governors from a diverse array of states and territories participated in a roundtable discussion on housing availability and ...
Governors are applying a multifaceted approach to lower housing costs by increasing funding for affordable housing, rethinking land use regulations, streamlining the permitting process and exploring housing innovations. ...
Housing is a basic necessity. Yet shortages and skyrocketing costs are putting it out of reach for more and more Americans. Driven by high interest rates and low supply, home purchase prices jumped 40% between 2019 and 2022. ...
Every state is impacted by the national housing shortage. Housing prices have soared. Inflation has driven interest rates higher, increasing monthly mortgage costs and almost doubling the household income needed to purchase ...
Governors are increasingly confronting both workforce and housing shortages in a whole of government, complementary manner to not only ensure economic mobility but also to make sure businesses reach their economic potential. ...
In 2023 State of the State addresses, Governors outlined efforts to increase housing availability and improve affordability. The high cost of housing and what that means for communities is top of mind for Governors, and that ...