If there’s one thing that U.S. politicians and activists from across the political spectrum can agree on, it’s that rents are far too high.

Many experts believe that this crisis is fueled by a shortage of housing, caused principally by restrictive regulations.

GRETNA, Nebraska — An estimated $200 million development featuring a Nebraska Medicine health center along with planned housing, office, retail and entertainment space will rise to help meet demands of a growing community between Nebraska’s two biggest cities.

In the Nebraska Panhandle, less than half an hour’s drive from both Wyoming and Colorado, the City of Kimball is trying to grow. Recent investments from major local employers and the planned Air Force upgrade of missiles in nearby nuclear missile silos are expected to create new jobs — a city engineering report estimates that “the High Point of Nebraska” soon could double in size.