Gulf Coast metros cited for lack of attainable housing

Urban Land Institute study singles out Naples, Sarasota and Fort Myers metro areas as among the nation’s “least affordable” regions for housing

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 23, 2021
COURTESY PHOTO — A new Urban Land Institute report concludes that Naples, Sarasota and Fort Myers are some of the least affordable places in the nation for housing.
COURTESY PHOTO — A new Urban Land Institute report concludes that Naples, Sarasota and Fort Myers are some of the least affordable places in the nation for housing.
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A new Urban Land Institute study concludes that the Naples, Sarasota and Fort Myers metropolitan areas are among the “least affordable” in the nation for housing, a phenomenon the group believes has severe cultural and environmental repercussions for the future.

 

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