The Rural Restoration Project will be hosting a housing forum in Mt. Pleasant on Monday, July 28th, at the First Presbyterian Church, 902 S. Walnut St., from 6:30pm – 8pm. Three speakers will present on housing supply, affordability, and quality. The public will be able to provide input and ask questions.
Joy Padget, president of the Engage Keosauqua economic development nonprofit and general manager of the Hotel Manning in Keosauqua; Oscar Argueta, director of the Welcome Home Center, a Mt. Pleasant facility that helps new immigrants settle in the community; and Teresa Mertens, a Henry County native who has been a landlord and worked with other landlords in southeast Iowa for nearly 40 years, will speak at the event.