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Erin Baldwin Day

5:58 - 6:17

“in 2012, we did a housing market analysis. McDowell Group and ECHO Northwest did an analysis of our housing demand. And I believe that this was prescient writing. So the study's key finding is that there was not enough buildable land to accommodate future housing demand.”
Timestamp
5:58 – 6:17
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
June 17, 2026

From the transcript

So in 2012, we did a housing market analysis. McDowell Group and ECHO Northwest did an analysis of our housing demand. And I believe that this was prescient writing. So the study's key finding is that there was not enough buildable land to accommodate future housing demand. Again, this is in 2012.

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