They are also economic from the standpoint of high material costs, labor shortages and builders that can’t make money on smaller homes that are in an affordable price range for average Americans
Why are there labor shortages? There actually aren’t. Politics makes people believe there are. Thousands of licensed skilled tradespersons have been out of work for the last 4 years.
Politics drives these misallocations of resources.
Which is actually good because it means the problem is solvable — that we already have the way, all we need is the will.
I see that you are a union laborer. That may mean that the areas of your reference point are related to major markets on big projects. If you try to build an affordable housing project near a mining town in Arizona you will have a labor issue. Just one example. Commercial especially specialized construction for data centers and industrial in Arizona is staying crazy busy right now.
Recent survey was that 86% of contractors were struggling to fill hourly craft and professional positions. That means maybe workers who are under or unemployed should explore Arizona
I also know that it’s more than politics as if you try to do modular housing in Arizona, the AZ DOH is very difficult to work with.
They are also economic from the standpoint of high material costs, labor shortages and builders that can’t make money on smaller homes that are in an affordable price range for average Americans
Why are material costs high? Politics.
Why are there labor shortages? There actually aren’t. Politics makes people believe there are. Thousands of licensed skilled tradespersons have been out of work for the last 4 years.
Politics drives these misallocations of resources.
Which is actually good because it means the problem is solvable — that we already have the way, all we need is the will.
I see that you are a union laborer. That may mean that the areas of your reference point are related to major markets on big projects. If you try to build an affordable housing project near a mining town in Arizona you will have a labor issue. Just one example. Commercial especially specialized construction for data centers and industrial in Arizona is staying crazy busy right now.
Recent survey was that 86% of contractors were struggling to fill hourly craft and professional positions. That means maybe workers who are under or unemployed should explore Arizona