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Commissioners flag housing supply, affordability after recorder reports drop in new lots
Summary
Several committee members linked a steep drop in recorded new lots and subdivisions to rising home prices, warning that the housing shortfall threatens the county workforce and could increase homelessness; the meeting recorded concerns but no formal policy action.
Committee members discussed the drop in recorded subdivisions and new lots and tied the trend to housing affordability and workforce availability.
Recorder Richard Vaughn presented subdivision and new-lot counts showing materially fewer new lots than two years earlier and said the county is "down by half from 2 years ago" in new-lot creation.…
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