Affordable housing top concern at Mayor’s annual town hall meetings [Video]

• Focus areas include public safety, employment, business growth, urban core investment, and financial management.
• Mayor emphasizes the importance of personal meetings to collaborate with citizens.
• Attendees focused in on a shortage of affordable housing in Omaha.

BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT: Mayor Jean Stothert hosted her first 2024 town hall meeting focusing on what she call constant progress. Neighbors joined in conversations about affordable housing, employment and public safety.

In her presentation Mayor Stothert touched on important updates about the streetcar, lowered homicide rates, and a decrease in the city tax levy.

“Cities never stand still they are either growing and moving forward or they are declining and falling behind one or the other,” said Stothert.

Not only did neighbors come for updates about the city, they also came for a chance to ask the mayor questions directly some key concerns were climate action, business development, safer roads and affordable housing.

Number one there is …