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In an op-ed for Crain’s Chicago Business, Jack Markowski, chairman of the Preservation Compact, and Bob Palmer, policy director of Housing Action Illinois, weigh in on how the General Assembly can tackle affordable rental housing in Illinois. 

The Bay Area has the largest disparity between teacher salaries and rental housing costs in California. EdSource’s Diana Lambert reports on the steps being taken by local school districts to help change that.

The Minneapolis City Council approved the use of tax subsidies for a large housing complex of affordable housing. The project is an example of the public and private sectors coming together to improve affordable housing shortages in the region. 

Doug Imber, president of Essex Realty Group and director of the Rogers Park Builders Group, pushes back against shortsighted rent control proposals in the legislature.

Mark Windhager, president of the Colorado Apartment Association, pens an op-ed to the Colorado Springs Gazette debunking the concept of rent control.

The Boston Globe’s Jeff Jacoby pens a column outlining the city’s broad opposition to failed rent control policies.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal Editorial Board weighs in on housing proposals being debated in the state legislature.

Following the passage of SB 808, KTVZ reports on real affordable housing solutions being explored in the state legislature.