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Why the Flagler Home Builders oppose a proposed moratorium on infill home construction

Palm Coast's possible moratorium would harm the economy, HBA says.

  • By Annamaria Long, FHBA executive officer
  • | 9:59 p.m. January 14, 2024
  • Palm Coast Observer
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Following the Jan. 2 meeting of the Palm Coast City Council, on Jan. 10 the Flagler Home Builders Association began an email campaign to all members of City Council as follows:

"As a member of the Flagler Home Builders Association, I am contacting you today to urge you to vote NO on the Infill Lot New Construction Moratorium proposed by Councilwoman Theresa Pontieri at the January 2, 2024 Council Meeting.

"This proposal would cause an immediate and direct effect on more than 9,000 lots in our city and will have a detrimental and resounding impact on the home building industry in our region. This moratorium banishes and impoverishes the people most capable of finding solutions for this issue: the builders.

 

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