Helping EMS providers afford to live where they work

The bipartisan Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act (H.R. 2094 / S. 978) would rectify many of the issues hobbling the current Good Neighbor Next Door program. Congress should seize this opportunity to fix a broken system, writes guest columnist Tim Sommerfelt, president of the Emergency Medical Service Labor Alliance and an active Cleveland EMS paramedic.