The city of Maricopa witnessed a slight increase in the prospective construction of single-family homes in November, issuing 7 permits.
Two permits were issued in October, an all-time low for Maricopa. The previous low was eight permits.
The city set the current fiscal year budget based on an expectation of averaging 36 permits per month. In the first five months of the fiscal year the city failed to reach that monthly number and is now working on adjusting the budget to reflect an average of 10 permits per month.
Thus far the city has issued a total of 42 permits for an average of 8.4 per month.
In the same time frame last year the city issued 193 permits.
![City Manager Ben Bitter speaks during a Chamber of Commerce event at Global Water Resources on April 11, 2024. Bitter discussed the current state of economic development in Maricopa, as well as hinting at lowering property tax rates again. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://www.inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/spencer-041124-ben-bitter-chamber-property-taxes-web-218x150.jpg "City gave new manager big low-interest home loan")
![Tom Schuman, a Province resident, poses with a copy of his new book, "My Wide World of Sports," outside his home on May 2, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://www.inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/spencer-050224-tom-schuman-sports-book-web-01-100x70.jpg "Province writer opens the athlete’s mind in new book")
