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The supply of housing is desperately short of the need, driving up prices and leaving many in southeast Ohio priced out
A complex web of high construction costs, land prices, interest rates, skilled labor shortages, financing challenges and restrictive zoning have made it challenging to build housing of any kind — especially affordable units
Stories in this ongoing series
![Photo of Amber and Regis Saxton](images/amber-regis-thumbnail.jpg)
![Photo of hole in bedroom wall](images/substandard-rental.jpg)
![Photo of Christy Biehl at Marietta drop-in center](images/christy-biehl-thumbnail.jpg)
![Photo of Jesse Roush at Marietta industrial site](images/jesse-roush-thumbnail.jpg)