Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses
Home builders have used their political muscle to prevent states and cities from adopting the latest code, which would lower the climate impact of new houses
“A federal study found that North Carolina’s proposed code update would have added at most about $6,500 to the price of a newly built home, not $20,400. According to the analysis, these changes would have paid for themselves through lower power bills…”
I feel like if you’re buying a NEW house, and $6500 extra is too much, you shouldn’t be buying a house…
What’s important here is that the lower bills would have paid for the higher mortgage. But this wouldn’t benefit the homebuilders, so they fought it