Selling Arizona trust land won’t guarantee more housing, land chief tells lawmakers
The head of the Arizona Land Department warned lawmakers that selling state trust land will not guarantee an increase in housing construction. The official noted that various other factors influence development beyond land availability.
Republicans want to sell off more of Arizona’s trust land to alleviate the housing shortage, but the head of the state Land Department says doing so doesn’t guarantee more houses would be built. “It’s not just if we sold all this land, all this housing would be built, because there are so many other factors […]
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