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Many in the Douglas and Willcox Basins say their wells are going dry as big business moves in around them.

Municipalities with bigger staffs and more know-how will have an advantage in getting the funds.

Home prices in Tucson have gone up 26% just in the last year, and rents have followed. That’s turned up the heat not just for low and middle income renters and buyers, but the government and nonprofit employees that work to keep them housed. In a 3-part series, I looked into how far government assistance goes in the current market, and what it’s like trying to give that assistance when fewer and fewer sellers and landlords will take it.