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In regards to new construction, Tiburcio Bazua, a local longtime contractor, said: “To say demand is super-exaggerated does not adequately describe what we are experiencing.”

He said he and his crew are committed to construction contracts through July 2022.

“Every day I get two to four calls from people who tell us they are already pre-qualified and ready to build. We just can’t keep up – the same goes for the subcontractors – electricians, plumbers – everyone is busy.”

“Everybody is swamped with work,” said Tiburcio Bazua, whose contracting firm Bazua Builders is working on approximately 15 homes in the local area, primarily in Rio Rico.

In the first three months of the year, the county issued more permits than it had over the same period in 2019, but in the next three months – from April to June – things slowed down. By July, permits were up again, exceeding 2019 in three of the past four months...

“So there’s something that’s wrong with our policy here.”

Tiburcio Bazua, whose firm Bazua Builders is working on several new homes in Rio Rico, said that a lack of lots, combined with a slow permitting process and higher fees, is driving people away from Nogales.

Across the county, 159 new home permits had been issued...