By Gary Lloyd
The city of Trussville in 2005 issued 421 residential building permits for the construction of new homes, the most of any year since 1988.
After 2005, the economy worsened, and the housing bubble burst.
In 2006, Trussville issued 361 permits, and 197 in 2007. The city issued just 89 permits in 2008, 85 in 2009, 66 in 2010 and just 45 in 2011.
In the five-year period from 2003-2007, Trussville issued a total of 1,771 residential building permits. From 2008 through 2012, the city issued just 410.
That downward trend is turning back upward.
Last year, 125 residential building permits were issued. From January through July of this year, 121 permits have been issued. City Clerk Lynn Porter said that in recent years, three or four permits were issued per month. This year, it’s been 16 to 18 per month, Porter said.
Last month, the Trussville Planning and Zoning Board approved 44 new residential lots in Stockton Place and seven in Brooke’s Crossing, two subdivisions located on opposite ends of U.S. Highway 11.
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