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Starksboro timber‑frame maker says tariffs on Canadian lumber will raise housing costs
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Kevin Moyer, owner of Vermont Frames and Foam Laminates, told lawmakers imported Douglas fir and other Canadian lumber now carry higher costs that will flow into construction prices and worsen Vermont’s housing affordability problems.
Kevin Moyer, owner of Vermont Frames and Foam Laminates of Vermont in Starksboro, told a joint legislative hearing on April 9 that tariffs on Canadian timber and related inputs are raising his raw‑material costs and will push up the price of the company’s timber frames and structural insulated panels.
Moyer said roughly one‑third of the timber his company uses — notably Douglas fir — is sourced from Canada. “That just got a lot more expensive for us,” he said. He added that panel cores and oriented strand boards for his insulated panels are sourced…
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