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What business leaders have to say about lack of affordable housing
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Ranger Manufacturing's Charlie Miller operates a cutting machine Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at the Airport Parkway business. Ranger is among several businesses competing for workers in a tight labor market and frustrated at the lack of local affordable housing for those workers. - photo by Scott Rogers
Charlie Miller wanted to swing the profits from selling his house in 2019 into a nifty down payment for a new house, but it’s been slow going so far for the Gainesville machine programmer. He knew he would have to rent during the transition — and that’s been the problem.“