The Northwest Arkansas Council has announced Duke McLarty will serve as executive director of the workforce housing center. The Council announced the workforce housing center in March 2021 to address housing affordability in Northwest Arkansas, which is becoming increasingly inaccessible for…
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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…