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Keith Allen

Sep 18, 2026

Mark Dorenkamp
Mark DorenkampCORRESPONDENT
10:11
I mean, how do we start to address some of those hurdles?
10:15
I think some of the first hurdle, the biggest hurdle we have to overcome is the housing situation.
10:20
I know legislatively in the 25-26 session, there were some thoughts and ideas that came forward, but I'm a kind of individual that likes local control, and I heard loud and clear from a lot of my communities, don't take away zoning from us.
10:34
So one of the things that I've been mulling around and one of the programs I've been working on for us as legislators, we're part time.
10:41
This is a part time gig, but it seems like if you're going to do it right, it almost turns into a full time job.
10:45
So one of the things I've been working on is taking taking up an idea where we remove all taxes on materials that go into building single family homes.
10:56
And that way we can do some incentivizing on the state side without having to make any modifications on zoning and hopefully help incentivize that from the state side to be able to get more homes built in these communities.
Mark Dorenkamp
Mark DorenkampCORRESPONDENT
12:01
When we narrow that down to agriculture and whether it's, you know, well, especially livestock, but certainly on the crop side too, farmers who are looking for access to a labor force, what's the current landscape like in your opinion, Keith, and what are some steps that are being taken to help?

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