Business View Magazine l January 2023

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 Source, National Association of Counties, Meredith Morgan, November 21, 2022 NACo’s Housing Task Force, composed of 30 county leaders from across the country, gathered Nov. 17 in Washington, D.C., to kick off the task force’s nine-month pursuit to address the nation’s housing affordability and housing security crisis. At its first meeting, the task force outlined its goals and determined top county housing issues. They will gather again in-person in February, May and July to research and conduct case study interviews, leading up to the release of a report of its findings at the NACo Annual Conference in Travis County, Texas. NACo President Denise Winfrey, a Will County, Ill., county board member, appointed Franklin County, Ohio Commissioner Kevin Boyce and Valley County, Idaho Commissioner Sherry Maupin as co-chairs of the task force. Boyce said before the first meeting that he’s eager to get to work on the task force, particularly for the opportunity it will provide counties to exchange ideas and efforts to tackle the housing crisis together. A major effort in Franklin County has been the Magnet Fund program, which has devoted funding to affordable housing including $4 million for 273 new affordable housing units throughout the county. NEW NACo TASK FORCE MEETS TO TACKLE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE O p e n i n g L i n e s OPENING L INES