Affordable housing crisis: Limited options among issues facing low-income families

The cost of limited affordable housing has dramatically outpaced wages, and local families cannot keep up.

That’s the overwhelming consensus of area leaders who feel the nation’s housing crisis has hit individuals in the Corridor hard in recent years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters like the 2008 flood and 2020 derecho.

“Individuals just cannot afford the cost of rent or owning…