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Affordable Housing Hurdles in North Idaho | Spokane News
In North Idaho, housing affordability is hitting a wall—not just from soaring home prices, but from a tangled web of rising land costs, labor, materials, and interest rates, compounded by bureaucratic delays. Developer Noah Stam shared his experience building affordable units starting at $325K—way below Kootenai County’s average of $565K—and revealed the crushing burden of permits ($25K/unit) and park fees ($280K), making affordability even harder to achieve. Local leaders, including Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund, agree starter homes are vital—but warn that arbitrary government fees only…
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