by LCD Staff | Sep 12, 2023 | Economy, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News & Analysis, News of Interest, North Dakota
(Source: Bismarck Tribune) — A monthly measure of economic conditions in the nine-state Midwest and Plains region has slumped for the first time in five months. The overall index in the Mid-America Business Conditions Survey in July dropped to 46.1 from 50.8 in...
by LCD Staff | Aug 23, 2023 | Economy, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News & Analysis, News of Interest, North Dakota
(Credit: The Center Square) — North Dakota’s labor force grew from 342,463 to 414,311 over the past 20 years, a 21% increase, according to the annual North Dakota Workforce Review issued by the Labor Market Information Center. The state’s...
by LCD Staff | Aug 16, 2023 | Housing, In the News, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News of Interest, North Dakota
(Source: InForum) — The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency will now provide mortgage loan assistance to individuals and families with a higher yearly income in most counties, and they have increased the purchase price limit for financed properties. Changes in...
by LCD Staff | Jul 12, 2023 | Economy, In the News, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News of Interest, North Dakota
(Credit: The Center Square) — North Dakota’s economic outlook improved in June, according to Creighton University’s newly released index. The Rural Mainstreet Index covers 10 regional states focusing on nearly 200 rural communities for a real-time analysis of...
by LCD Staff | Apr 17, 2023 | Affordable Housing, CommunityWorks North Dakota, In the News, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News of Interest, North Dakota
(Source & Credit: National Low Income Housing Coalition) – There is a massive shortage of 7.3 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters—those earning at or below either the federal poverty line or 30% of their area median...
by LCD Staff | Feb 22, 2023 | Affordable Housing, CommunityWorks North Dakota, Housing, In the News, Lewis & Clark Development Group, News of Interest, North Dakota
North Dakota U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R) and U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) have reintroduced their Choice in Affordable Housing Act to improve the federal government’s largest rental assistance program. The bipartisan bill would make it easier to...
