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D-6 Sunday, April 18, 1993 0 The Modest® Bee Real Est ■ ate 0 Arms MmIft TOW =her Icaws sou int on einvironmu, it U M 09 The Washington Post Several laws need reautho- tamination and continue recy- increasing their construction WASHINGTON — Encour- rization, including the federal cling, committee spokeswom- costs and will lead to higher aged by the Clinton adminis- Superfund for cleaning up the an Deborah DeYoung said. home prices. tration's strong environmen- worst toxic-waste areas, and Apartment-building owners Jerry Howard, legislative tal stance, advocates are the Clean Water Act, which said they believe an energy counsel for the National Asso- pressing for new regulations, regulates wetlands and limits tax proposed by the Clinton ciation of Home Builders, said some of which the housing in- the amount of waste local administration would increase lumber costs have risen dustry says would boost governments and industry their costs, according to the sharply after 20 years of "rel- house prices and raise rents. can discharge. National Multi Housing Co - Environ atively stable" prices, putting Environmentalists say they Some legislaon has ex- cil, which represents owners some builders in a squeeze. believe estimates of increased ire but Congress continues of multifamily properties. Pri- Companies that priced houses housing costs are exaggerat- to appropriate funds to oper- vate and federal estimates of on the basis of construction ed. But real-estate interests ate the programs. A major fo- the increases range from $322 costs when they started work contend President Clinton's cus of the Senate's Environ- to $500 extra annually for a have faced increased costs for energy tax proposals will in- ment and Public Works family of four. lumber before they finished. crease apartment-building Committee will be the reau- Home builders say the En- and home-operating costs and thorization of laws to protect dangered Species Act, by cur- Howard said timber prices federal restrictions on logging endangered species, regulate tailing logging in some feder- have risen 100 percent in the will boost house-construction clean water and indoor-air ally owned forests to protect last six months, a price spike, costs. quality, control radon con- the northern spotted owl, is that puts builders in a bind.