This may come as no surprise to those familiar with northwest Arkansas’ sustained growth, but affordable housing is hard to come by in the region.

“It’s a crisis. I’ll go ahead and say it,” said state Sen. Jim Petty (R-Van Buren). He should know, considering he’s a developer.

There’s a group called Groundwork that acts as an advocate to come up with solutions to combat out-of-reach pricing. Its solution: Increase supply by building more.

This is exactly the opposite approach that........

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