Bill Creating Arkansas Housing Fund Heads To Committee

Housing Arkansas, a coalition of affordable housing advocates in the private, government and nonprofit sectors, held a news conference on Monday, March 2 to highlight legislation that would create a statewide housing trust fund for Arkansas. The trust fund would allow access to quality housing for a broad range of Arkansans.

Senate Majority Leader Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, is the lead Senate sponsor of SB396. The bill would establish the organizational framework of the housing trust fund, which is a vehicle to distribute a dedicated source of public revenue to address the affordable housing needs of a community. Arkansas is one of just 12 states without a state housing trust fund.

The coverage of the news conference is below:

Channel 4 - http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/news?cid=196712
Channel 11 - http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=80932&catid=2
Arkansas News Bureau - http://arkansasnews.com/2009/03/02/bill-would-create-state-housing-fund/
Arkansas Business - http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=112818.54928.124947
The Legislative Beat - http://arkledge.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/legislators-push-for-housing-trust-fund/

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