Home is where the heart is, right?
But if average citizens can no longer afford a home, where do they lay their heads and hang their hats?
Affordable housing has become a national crisis.
Even U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned this plight in his March 7, 2024 State of the Union address.
“I know the cost of housing is so important to you,” he told the Nation, as he admonished Congress: “Now pass and build and renovate two million affordable homes and bring those rents down.”
Affordable housing is the complex issue that moderate to low-income community problem-solvers are tackling. Their battleground is chaotic in today’s economic environment of rising prices, political unrest, and national and local leadership instability.
Diane Ragsdale and Sherri Mixon are long-time residents of the South Dallas/Fair Park and Bonton neighborhoods; two low-to moderate-income communities where housing and economic issues are major concerns and the areas have changed and are continuing to rapidly evolve.
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