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Housing shortage — by the numbers

by By KIKI MILLER/Guest Contributor
| April 7, 2024 1:00 AM

The housing crisis isn’t only local; it’s a national issue.

“If we don’t build it, they won’t come” has been floated in area conversations. What is happening in reality is they still come, but in higher income and age demographics. Even if in-migration stopped or flattened, the population that lives here grows up. So, without a focus on local worker housing, if we don’t build it … they will leave. 

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