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Starter homes bill awaits vote in Arizona House

In a July 11, 2012, photo, workers frame the first home in a new Trend Homes community early in Gilbert. Sen. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, is the main sponsor of Senate Bill 1431, this year’s iteration of a measure previously dubbed the “Arizona Starter Homes Act.” The proposal failed during the past two legislative sessions but so far this year has seen bipartisan support as it moved through the process.

Matt York

PHOENIX — They’re either more affordable homes or they’re junk houses.

That’s the basic breakdown of a bill that awaits a vote in the Arizona House after it barely passed the Senate that would upend decades of municipal design standards builders are required to follow to develop new housing tracts across the state.

The proposal is the latest effort by builders and housing advocates on both sides of the political aisle to address high housing prices for single-family homes.

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