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During this year’s legislative session, which adjourned on April 22nd, Tennessee’s General Assembly passed some key changes impacting ThinkTN’s priority issue areas, while leaving many others on [...]

On April 9th, ThinkTennessee had the privilege of convening mayors and planning staff from eight cities for a special roundtable discussion on housing and infrastructure challenges in Tennessee.  [...]

Zoning reforms and an equity assessment designed to expand access to affordable housing.   City: Alexandria, VA Purpose: To change city zoning regulations to increase access to affordable [...]

  A program providing fully-forgivable loans so that seniors in San Francisco could afford necessary home repairs.   City: San Francisco, CA Purpose: To provide essential home repairs [...]

  Local banks and businesses, in Charlotte, NC, committed to help finance affordable housing in a variety of ways.   City: Charlotte, NC Purpose: To engage private sector resources to [...]

  Navigators help renters and homeowners access housing resources from the city and other organizations.   City: Austin, TX Purpose: To connect people directly to resources to help them [...]

  A voter referendum-approved affordable housing fund has produced thousands of affordable units in Austin, TX over the last two decades.   City: Austin, TX Purpose: Austin faces a [...]

The 114th General Assembly began the first of its two-year session in February (the 3rd in the House and 10th in the Senate) after a week-long special session passing hurricane relief, [...]

This legislative session, ThinkTennessee monitored more than 200 bills related to strengthening democracy and supporting working families. Our 2024 Legislative Session Summary highlights a few of [...]

Tennessee legislators have introduced their bills for the second year of the 113th General Assembly, and at least 114 are related to ThinkTennessee’s issue areas of strengthening democracy and [...]