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Affordable Housing Hurdles in North Idaho | Spokane News
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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 make things worse. The path forward? More affordable projects, paired with smarter, streamlined regulations to ease the financial squeeze on buyers.
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