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MY VIEW: Is Flagler County, Palm Coast over-building? No.

Up to 80,000 new residents could call Flagler home between 2020 and 2040. That would require approximately 33,000 total new housing units.

  • By Greg Blose, Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce President & CEO
  • | 11:00 a.m. October 19, 2023
  • Palm Coast Observer
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The latest hot political talking point is Flagler County/Palm Coast is “over-building,” and that this “over-building” must be reigned in. The slippery slope continues from there. These new homes and the residents in them are going to clog our roads, and there are no jobs for them. These horrible new residents will, presumably, pollute the environment and destroy open space, as well. Simply put, our region is going down in flames. We must deal with “over-building.”

The hype train has left the station. ... Here’s why we’re not on it:

The reality is Flagler County is not “over-building;” whatever that means. I chalk the term up to election-year politicking. The truth is every county in Florida has thousands and thousands of future homes approved and ready to eventually be developed. Ninety-five percent of those future homes will not be available for sale on the housing market within four years.

 

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