West Virginia faces a dire housing crisis, and the time to act is now. In recent weeks, both The Herald-Dispatch and the Charleston Gazette-Mail have highlighted the state’s lack of new housing, bringing attention to a growing issue that impacts our economic future and the well-being of our most vulnerable citizens. Tom Barkin, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, has made it clear: Economic growth depends on addressing this housing shortage. At the same time, John David, a former professor at West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery, has drawn attention to the desperate need for low-income and elderly housing across the state.