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Could vacant homes alleviate the Capital Region’s housing crunch?

May 3, 2022

Residential Willows — **Houses at The Willows at Bayou Fountain, with an average price of $333,507, are selling almost as fast as each goes up in the subdivision off Burbank Drive, across from the BREC’s soccer complex.** (Courtesy Alvarez Construction)

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Vacancy rates across the Baton Rouge metro region are higher than the national average, but many of those dwellings aren’t suitable for residents, at least not yet. According to a new Baton Rouge Area Chamber analysis, close to 9,000 vacant housing units in the region–including almost 5,000 in East Baton Rouge Parish alone–likely are vacant

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