This says that a lack of affordable housing also creates a lack of teachers. So some districts are supplementing teachers’ benefits with help toward rent or mortgage. Pulled from the article:
As South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said in his recent State of the State address: “The quality of education suffers when the schools cannot be selective and have to hire from a limited pool.”
One of the major reasons districts are short on educators is housing.
And thanks, Kimberley, for the link.
Dating Jesus 
If teachers can’t afford to live in the communities where they teach, something is wrong with what teachers are being paid.