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“With the huge drop-off in the states formerly hot housing market, Latinos are leaving Southwest Florida for places offering more work or taking jobs that pay less.
Construction permits across the region were down as much as 66 percent in recent months, and with 50 percent of Southwest Florida’s construction industry staffed by Latinos, the shift is likely to have a big impact on that industry and perhaps the regions general economy.”
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