A new housing development, supported by funding from the landmark housing bill passed last year, aims to help an unexpected group affected by the affordability crisis: middle-income Nevadans.
“We haven’t ever seen anything like it,” said Heidi Griffith, a mortgage loan officer who runs the homeowning-focused radio show ” Mortgage Matters.” “The law has created a lot of chatter.”
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