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