[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT - Huntsville, Alabama growth

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

A builder's viewpoint: BRAC will bring a new challenge to Valley

Huntsville Times (AL)
February 10, 2008

You may not be surprised to learn that the president of the 
Huntsville-Madison County Builders Association characterizes the local 
housing market as "challenging."

But you may be surprised to learn why John Allen thinks that way.

He largely dismisses the steady drumbeat of negative national headlines 
- "Drop in new home sales sets record"; "Housing hits trifecta of bad 
news" - and instead focuses on the key challenge he says local home 
builders face: how to accommodate the thousands of new workers and 
families expected to move here over the next few years because of BRAC 
and defense industry growth.

In short, Allen, president of custom home builder Southern Construction 
& Design Inc. in Madison, is more worried about a shortage of new houses 
than a glut as the demand continues to rise.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.al.com/business/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/business/1202638514211330.xml&coll=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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