NGA Offers Means to Increase Access to Housing For Low-Income Families

May 27, 2002 NGA Offers Means to Increase Access to Housing For Low-Income FamiliesIn an issue brief released May 29, 2002, the National Governors' Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices outlines several means through which states can increase access to housing for low-income families and to increase the amount of affordable housing within the United States. According to the brief, the housing needs of low-income families in the United States are growing rapidly. In 1997, 7.5 million renters and 6.1 million homeowners experienced critical housing problems (i.e., they spent more than half their income . . .