Legislature Gets Housing Bills To Governor

Legislature Gets Housing Bills To Governor

PIERRE — The South Dakota legislature finally came to an agreement last week on how to help with South Dakota’s housing crunch. The legislation will use 150 million dollars in general funds and 50-million in American Rescue plan funds to help lower the cost of housing infrastructure. District 24 Representative Mike Weisgram served on a summer study on Housing Needs last year and says they needed to simplify the bill…

District 24 Senator Mary Duvall says Senators were on edge wanting to know if their changes made a difference…

District 24 Representative Will Mortenson says housing is an issue that needs addressing…

The housing bills passed by the legislature are awaiting action from Governor Kristi Noem.