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Supervisors identify affordability, location and NIMBY opposition as central housing problems
Summary
At a July 7 work session supervisors and staff cited affordability, limited housing stock, location and access to services, NIMBY resistance and land-use regulations in unincorporated areas as key barriers to building affordable housing in Story County.
Story County officials and regional partners used a July 7 housing work session to list the county’s core housing problems and barriers to development, from rising construction costs to local opposition and regulatory limits in unincorporated areas.
Supervisor remarks and staff discussion singled out affordability and low housing supply as primary problems. “I could throw a few out. Affordability and lack of like, lack of housing,” a supervisor said during the session. Staff noted building costs for a basic new home can be roughly $250,000 or more, a figure several participants referenced as out of reach for many households.
County staff and partners emphasized location and…
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