Knowing ‘who’ your bought Legislators are is key to the cure. Same Corporate Lobbyists are responsible for the National housing collapse.
This information is available on the http://www.voteforabetteridaho.org website.

SOLUTION;
In my years of dealing & lecturing on this issue, I spoke with a gentleman in Alaska who was successful in unseating several public Officials & Legislators on Oath of Office ‘Contract’ violations.

The Voters Guide on the above website documents all Idaho legislators who have Voted for or against their constituent’s Right to Vote. This was Annexation Reform legislation that would have given ‘you’ the right to vote concerning Growth, Taxation & your Property Rights.
Voting records don’t lie & Taxation Without Representation is a worthy cause.
I recently joined the Boise OATH KEEPERS chapter.
Perhaps one day this patriotic organization will consider Oath Enforcement as a worthy Solution. we citizens would have little to complain about if our Public Servants honored their Oath.
Idaho ranks 3rd from the ‘bottom’ Nationwide concerning Political Ethics required to hold a Public Office. We get the kind of rulers we’re willing to tolerate !!

Also please take into consideration that a lot of these foreclosures are coming from poor real estate investments being made by people thinking they could buy houses and flip them. Unfortunately you can’t buy high and sell low on a flip and come out ahead. I research the real estate listings almost daily and there are a ton of half-remodeled homes in the valley that investors thought they could make some easy money on.

Having said that, there is also no question that the real estate prices in the entire valley are grossly overinflated which is stagnating home sales. I own two older (well over 50 years old) properties in Ada County and have watched their values soar to completely unrealistic figures over the last 6 years – 60% increases in value. There is no way I could sell either one for what the assessor says they are worth. Older homes in the Boise city limits, even after losing some value and including short sales and foreclosures, are still typically selling for between $100 and $250 dollars a square foot depending on location. These amounts are pretty premium prices for a ‘depressed’ market and houses are selling albeit at a slower pace comapred to 2-3 years back. Smaller commercial real estate locations are disappearing off the market extremely quickly meaning that investor interest in this area is very high.

I agree about the unemployement taxes. I also run a business in Boise and between them and the workers comp it takes your breath away. What Micron has done to Boise is reprehensible as well. They should have taken away their stupid tax breaks for outsourcing.