Show Rental shortage eased prices may come down The number of rental listings with the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce In in- in indicates a housing shortage earlier In the year has eased in a big way Prices may have come down as a result too The Chamber of Commerce had listings as of Sept 27 Six months ago we hardly had any listings said Ex Secretary Dwight L There was a constant stream of oC people in here looking Now we get maybe four Cour five six a day The average rents for the listings range from a month for one one- bedroom rentals to a month for three bedrooms and up Two bedroom rentals average a month and mobile mobilehome mobilehome home rents average The Chamber of Commerce lists 34 one bedroom rentals 66 two bedroom rentals 43 for three bedrooms and up and 20 mobile home rentals A check through April and May rent listings in the Vernal Express showed average prices of two bedroom rentals to be between and and between and for one bedroom rentals The check included a week six period In which 20 two bedroom listings appeared for accommodations within the Ashley Valley compared with less than a fourth as many listings for one bedroom or three bedrooms and up Building permit activity increased dramatically in 1981 in Vernal and unincorporated unincorporated areas of Uintah County The pace has continued In Vernal during 1982 1962 Vernal recorded permits for residential units In 1981 percent to percent more than totals for the previous five years according to figures from Crom the Utah Department of Employ Employ- Employment ment Security Job Service In unincorporated areas of the county permits for units were granted anywhere from percent to percent the amounts 4 In the previous five years Figures for multifamily multi units include condominium Through August Vernal recorded per mits for residential units of those for multi family units In unincorporated Uintah County were granted through August with only 62 being multi family units In March April and May Vernal recorded permits for multifamily multi units That total Includes 84 apartment units in May A builder responsible for 80 of those units has more planned according to building inspector Kent Steed Other builders have plans for more units he added Firms responsible for Cor large numbers of units in Vernal come from the Wasatch Front In the unincorporated county permits for Cor 18 multi family units were granted in February and permits for 20 were granted in July Permit activity In other months remained in single figures figure |