With housing costs going out of reach for so many, state lawmakers are looking for ways to make housing more affordable, but there’s controversy over whether one idea could take zoning control away from cities.
Anyone who’s tried to buy a house or rent an apartment knows affordable housing is a real challenge. A state committee has been traveling the state collecting suggestions on how to improve things, and part of their trip meant a stop in Tucson.
Representatives from the housing industry said zoning that can vary from city to city can be so expensive and time consuming, it raises costs and discourages builders from building. Apartment manager Christina Beckwith says she has vacant apartments because residents and squatters tear them up to the point where they can’t rent them, or pass the inspections required to offer them as Section 8 low-income housing.
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