ELKHART – Communities that want to meet their housing needs are expected to sacrifice supply and construction standards to take advantage of a new state fund under a bill written by a construction worker.
Rep. Doug Miller spoke Friday at a House Three meeting at the Greater Elkhart Chamber along with Reps. Tim Wesco and Joanna King and Sen. Blake Doriot. They talked about some of the bills they wrote for the legislature and shared their focus for this year.
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