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The 2020 Democratic race has for the first time in an election cycle identified the issue of affordable housing as a widening national concern, but advocates are calling for greater emphasis on the issue as it remains “the No. 1 problem” in rural communities.  Out of the gate, the fight for the Democratic nomination up…

The 2020 Democratic race has for the first time in an election cycle identified the issue of affordable housing as a widening national concern, but advocates are calling for greater emphasis on the issue as it remains “the No. 1 problem” in rural communities.  Out of the gate, the fight for the Democratic nomination up…

The 2020 Democratic race has for the first time in an election cycle identified the issue of affordable housing as a widening national concern, but advocates are calling for greater emphasis on the issue as it remains “the No. 1 problem” in rural communities.  Out of the gate, the fight for the Democratic nomination up…

Presidential candidate Michael Bennet today joined the slate of 2020 democratic hopefuls with detailed housing plans. The Colorado Senator’s plan looks to build more affordable housing near good jobs, help middle-class families rent or purchase a home and reform housing tax incentives on the federal level. Over half of the current democratic candidates campaign for…

After drawing record crowds during a successful Iowa trip earlier this month, presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez again have joined together to introduce a new version of Green New Deal legislation, focused on public housing. The legislators’ climate-focused, early November trip to the state came before Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez…

Grinnell, Iowa resident Alisa Schroeder lives in Willows Mobile Home Community, a manufactured housing site recently bought by a national company called Impact Communities. She’s a financially struggling single mom of an autistic son. Her brother, who has paranoid schizophrenia, earlier this year moved out of the same community because he couldn’t keep up with…