Steuart Pittman: A more equitable housing future for Anne Arundel County

Housing instability is the primary portal to poverty for families in our region. Prices are soaring, and so are evictions. Small business owners can’t fill jobs if no housing is accessible to their workers. Local governments must act. I worked in housing advocacy from the mid-’80s to the mid-’90s and know it’s a frustrating story: same problems, same solutions and same political obstacles to implementing the solutions.