Edie Ousley
Edie Ousley
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Someone is going to subsidize the home ... and it is going to be the market-rate home buyer. Middle-income families are effectively squeezed out.
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Over the past couple of years we have seen strong fluctuations in the prices for construction materials. The pressure has come from demand for key products like cement.
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This is a great coup for our region.
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They're just not showing up on the job.
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The task force is bringing this in for a landing. Opinions about it vary greatly.
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The benefit of this strengthened code has been shown throughout the past couple of years during these horrible hurricane seasons. Homes built under the new code have withstood the storms in a way that was really never before seen in the state of Florida. Homes built under the older code didn't fare as well.