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Douglas Trudeau , Assoc. Broker
Prudential Foothills Real Estate
64 N. Harrison Road, Suite 160
Tucson , AZ 85748
Mobile: 520-954-2209
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Affordable Housing - Housing America 2007 Petition

Inman News is always a good source for the latest in real estate news. Inman’s article Blog petition promotes affordable housing is worth while reading. I support the effort and getting the word out to help create more affordable housing.

My son and I tried our hand at affordable housing. The construction costs kept going up. The major problem is greedy land owners not willing to sell their lot for a reasonable price. A house we were building then selling for $150,000 was ending up costing more than that to build. Suddenly we were forced into a $200,000 home almost over night. Add to that city sales tax of 2%; as if they didn’t get enough on the taxes paid for materials bought, building fees, sewer connection, and impact fees. The last one we sold cost us $5,000 out of pocket to sell. Our dream of providing affordable housing went poof. As did the dream of many potential homeowners.

Through my company, Long Realty, I donate a substantial amount of money to Habitat For Humanity. That’s one way of helping. Plus many of the Realtors in our office go out to help build the homes we support.

Affordable housing is a valuable need to many needy families. Any support anyone can give will be rewarded in the years after in my book.

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