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Home Builders Association urges lawmakers to cut regulatory costs and broaden workforce pipeline
Summary
Representatives from the Home Builders Association of Michigan and several builders told the Regulatory Reform Committee that regulatory costs, zoning limits on lot supply and a shrinking skilled-labor pipeline are major drivers of housing unaffordability; they urged code updates, workforce development and zoning reforms.
Dawn Crandall, executive vice president of government relations for the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Michigan, told the House Regulatory Reform Committee that the state faces a substantial gap between housing supply and demand and that regulatory costs are a major component of home-price increases.
Crandall summarized association data showing an estimated national regulatory cost of about $94,000 per new home (presented to the committee as a national average), and she said Michigan’s estimated housing shortfall ranges from tens of thousands to…
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