NWA City Planners Collaborate To Face Housing Challenges

August 9, 2022

Regional News

NWA City Planners Collaborate To Face Housing Challenges

NWA Daily

The Urban Land Institute has pulled together city planners from across the region for a year-long program intended to establish a baseline of knowledge, best practices, and deeper collaboration to ensure that NWA maintains equitable housing opportunities. 

  • Framing the problem: The core areas and downtowns of NWA are becoming increasingly difficult to live in because of the rapidly rising prices; however, living further out increases the cost of transportation, costing the average NWA household $9,100 a year. So how are residents of the region to fully enjoy the perks of living here? 
  • Desired outcomes: With the help of the Urban Land Institute, the group will reevaluate the inefficient policies and exclusionary development rules that are causing these problems and release a local government policy with recommendations to increase housing options within NWA neighborhoods. 

Read more from the Walton Family Foundation HERE

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