while urban areas continue to mushroom. MORE: Yearning to be great again, rural Iowa turns to Trump But experts say a big part of Iowa's housing problem can be blamed on a mismatch between ...

We need to make sure their calls to action address the fundamental problems impeding the creation of new housing, particularly in rural areas. These problems include real estate speculation ...

Rural housing issues —land inheritance pitfalls ... Also the supply of homes in rural areas grew by only 410,000 units from 2010 to 2020 – less than a 2% increase, accoding to the report.

Iowa’s state and local leaders recognize this problem: by one estimate ... Iowa’s big-picture trend held: metro areas outpaced rural areas in homebuying. One housing analyst noted that while ...

“In our rural valley, where we have labor problems and housing problems ... a similar lack of expertise and services in areas without the housing affordability struggles of the Roaring Fork ...

MaineHousing released funding for nine new housing projects ... than 80% of the area median income. The funding comes from both a $23.5 million state subsidy for the Rural Affordable Rental ...

Humour aside, intensive support provision in rural areas keeps people out of unsafe environments (which they often leave, only to be deemed intentionally homeless) and allows for upstream prevention ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Senator Angus King is introducing legislation to address the housing shortage in rural areas. The Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act would expand the existing Housing ...

These changes, and the scale of housing need, mean rural areas will also need to accommodate new development, as well as urban locations. The fact that we need housing is clear, but housebuilding ...

Bills to allow backyard cottages in new areas, to expand where developers ... Democratic majority was not doing enough to expand rural housing. This year, bipartisan support and early public ...

Building more housing in rural parts of Washington is again top of mind for some state lawmakers. Bills to allow backyard cottages in new areas, to expand where developers can receive tax breaks ...