![New apartments are being built in Holdrege, Nebraska, where an elementary school used to be.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/47381/122017_gg_housing_apartments__medium.jpg)
Help Wanted Signs Dot Rural Areas. The Catch? Housing Is Hard To Come By
In places where the unemployment rate is well below the national average — states like Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa — one would think it’d be easier for communities to recruit new residents to fill open jobs.