Rural Thinktank Episode 18: Two Economic trends we need to pay attention to in Rural America
This episode talks about two new economic trends in rural america that we need to pay attention to as we serve our communities.
Links to things I mention in this episode:
The Rural Think Tank – http://ruralthinktank.com
The Rural Housing Crunch
https://www.apnews.com/cdc232bebb5f4f8d93ed42de09e809ac
https://shelterforce.org/2019/08/26/the-rental-housing-crisis-is-a-rural-issue-too/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/housings-hidden-crisis-rural-americans-struggling-to-pay-the-rent/
The Cost of Used Cars is not what it used to be
https://jalopnik.com/used-cars-cost-almost-double-what-they-did-nine-years-a-1838982400
Rural Youth Ministry 2nd Edition Book at Amazon – http://bit.do/rym2
Supporting this podcast – https://anchor.fm/ruralthinktank
Sources
- https://www.apnews.com/cdc232bebb5f4f8d93ed42de09e809ac
- https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/03/25/rural-america-faces-a-housing-cost-crunch
- https://shelterforce.org/2019/08/26/the-rental-housing-crisis-is-a-rural-issue-too/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/housings-hidden-crisis-rural-americans-struggling-to-pay-the-rent/
- https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2019/0705/Rural-America-faces-housing-shortage.-How-one-town-is-addressing-it
- https://jalopnik.com/used-cars-cost-almost-double-what-they-did-nine-years-a-1838982400
- http://bit.do/rym2
- https://anchor.fm/ruralthinktank