Phoenix-area homebuilders ask state to change water-supply laws

Howard Fischer

PHOENIX — Developers in the Phoenix area want lawmakers to alter 43-year-old laws that restrict construction in areas without adequate water supplies.In a news release Thursday, the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona is not disputing that the Arizona Department of Water Resources concluded 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. The department, under the direction of Gov. Katie Hobbs, stopped issuing permits for new home construction in the areas as a result.The builders association says legislators should remove what it calls a “moratorium on home building in the most affordable parts of the Valley,’’ saying the freeze on new permits is leading to rapidly escalating home prices.

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