Why aren’t there more starter homes in Memphis?
John Zeanah, the City of Memphis’ chief of infrastructure and development, speaks during a press conference Sept. 8. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
“Right now we’re at a point where the cost of constructing housing is so high,” the City of Memphis’ chief of infrastructure and development said.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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