Valley developers want lawmakers to alter 43-year-old laws that restrict construction in areas without adequate water supply.In a press release, the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona is not disputing that the state Department of Water Resources concluded that areas around Buckeye and Queen Creek do not have the 100-year assured water supply required under the 1980 Groundwater Act to allow new subdivisions.That led the agency, under the direction of Gov. Katie Hobbs, to stop issuing permits for new home construction in those areas.
Now the organization says legislators need to remove what it calls a “moratorium on home building in the most affordable parts of the Valley,” saying the move is leading to rapidly escalating home prices.Spencer Kamps, the organization’s executive director, said the provisions of the 1980 law and related statutes do not recognize what homebuilders have been doing to ensure that their new developments do not have a net negative effect on the supply of water.He wants what he calls “sensible modifications” to remove hurdles that now exist.Any change in laws, even if approved by legislators, also would need the blessing of the govern …
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