At the Aug. 8 Dayton City Council meeting, the council agreed to post for a part-time recreation programs specialist position to work on community programming.
The Montrose Recreation District and several sponsors are hosting an end-of-summer bash for local young people. The free Youth Appreciation Day returns this year on Saturday, Aug. 19, with multiple
A new report outlines long-term solutions for what it calls Connecticut s eviction crisis. The Connecticut Fair Housing Coalition found there were 21,000 evictions in the state last year, and Connecticut faces a shortage of 89,000 affordable homes, according to the Low Income Housing Coalition. Samaila Adelaiye, research and policy fellow at Connecticut Voices for Children and the report s co-author, said though employment declines from the pandemic have bounced back, rents are growing faster. .
Fair housing advocates said a tight real estate market is driving up discrimination cases in Montana. Pam Bean, executive director of Montana Fair Housing, said there is historical evidence of racial bias in Montana s rental and homeownership market, which is being caused by higher home and rent prices combined with low inventory. She pointed out a recently passed executive order in the state outlaws discrimination based on race and other factors. .
Small towns such as Taos are not immune to the nation s housing crisis - leading the rural community to launch a cooperative effort to address the challenge. Access to affordable housing can make or break a community s economic health. And with only 7,000 residents, the scale of development needed has not occurred. .