A new poll released this month says Conway is the way to go for renters seeking to get the most bang for their buck. The city ranked as the #1 city in the nation for income-to-rent ratio and placed 11th…
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Arkansas’ First-Ever 3D-Printed Homes Project Gets Approved
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas’s first-ever inaugural 3D-printed housing project has received the green light from the Rogers City Council, which approved selling an acre of land to the Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation for the development. The project is aimed at addressing housing affordability.…
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Little Rock Drops in ‘Best Places to Live in the U.S.’ Ranking, Fayetteville Makes Top 10
Little Rock dropped in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Places to Live in the U.S.” for 2023-2024, dropping 15 spaces compared to last year from 87 to 102. Fayetteville came in at #10 in the U.S. According to U.S.…
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Walton Foundation Reports on Housing Challenges in Northwest Arkansas
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffA recent study is offering actionable, policy-based recommendations, from capacity building to zoning reforms, to help Northwest Arkansas tackle its emerging housing challenges. Without action, it cautions the region’s current low-density, sprawling development patterns could cause long-term negative impacts for affordability,…
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New Organization Tackling Housing Affordability in Northwest Arkansas
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleNorthwest Arkansas organizations are working to address housing affordability with the creation of a new workforce housing center. With support from the Walton Family Foundation, the Northwest Arkansas Council will be incubating this workforce housing center to tackle housing affordability…