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Director Beard urges tracking of federal housing package after National League of Cities trip
Summary
Director Phyllis Beard briefed the board on National League of Cities conference takeaways, including a bipartisan federal housing package that would create new grant programs and allow CDBG funds for new housing construction, and recommended contacting Arkansas congressional offices to advance grants.
Director Phyllis Beard gave a detailed report on her recent National League of Cities (NLC) trip and urged the board to track a new federal housing package she described as the "21st Century Road to Housing Act."
Beard said the bipartisan package—backed by the White House and supported through NLC advocacy—would create five new grant programs aimed at increasing the…
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