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Home Builders Association tells Blount County building 100 single‑family homes would add roughly $36.2M in local income, create hundreds of jobs
Summary
At a Blount County commission workshop Nov. 13, Dan Mitchell of the Home Builders Association presented an NAHB economic model estimating that building 100 new single‑family homes in the county would generate roughly $36.2 million in local income, about $5.2 million in first‑year taxes and hundreds of jobs during construction and thereafter.
Dan Mitchell, introduced by the chair as representing the Home Builders Association of Tennessee, told the Blount County commission at its Nov. 13 workshop that an NAHB economic model tailored to the county shows substantial economic gains from adding 100 single‑family homes. "Homes that are built in Blount County ... includes $36,200,000 of local income and $5,200,000 in taxes and revenue for local governments," Mitchell said during a roughly 25‑minute presentation.
Mitchell described the model in three phases: construction (phase 1), short‑term ripple…
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