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WashCo Weekly 024: Why is it So Expensive to Build Houses?

Washington County County Executive · June 11, 2026

County Executive Josh Showman used a Washco Weekly update to outline plans to redevelop county-owned land near Highway 33 and Indiana Avenue in Westbend for a "next generation housing" project, explained infrastructure-driven costs (about $70,000 per lot) that make sub-$300,000 homes difficult, and said the county is working with municipal and higher-level partners while designs to remove the public agency center are underway.

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