PHOTO BY: JOHN JAQUES
Home construction in the Pueblo area reached a nine-year high in 2017.
There were 361 single-family building permits issued last year, according to Pueblo Regional Building Department data.
It was an increase of 42 percent from the prior year (255 permits) and the most since the 394 permits issued in 2008, the second year of the 2007-2009 U.S. housing crash and recession.