Trash, fires and soaring home prices: Idaho copes with city dwellers fleeing COVID
Idaho's state Capitol, with the Boise skyline in the background. (iStockphoto/Getty Images)/ Bill Rauer, executive director of the Idaho Building Contractors Association, was shocked when in the midst of the pandemic he started hearing about people from out of state showing up on the doorsteps of local homeowners and offering $50,000 to $150,000 over market price for their homes. “When the pandemic hit, it just seemed like everyone who was contemplating going to Idaho thought, ‘That’s it, we’re going,’” he said. “I’ve never seen anything ...
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