At the 2014 HAC Rural Housing Conference (#R3Conf) we discussed the future of affordable housing in rural communities and how local organizations must work to develop and nurture a crop of new emerging leaders to keep the movement going. This brief is a companion to a longer piece highlighting three such leaders, their current work, and how they are being groomed to be the next generation of rural housers.
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