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Area Roofers Stay Busy, but Economic Headwinds Grow
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The Pandemic Has Made a Big Problem That Much Worse
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Long before COVID-19 arrived in Western Mass., businesses across many sectors were struggling to find adequate supplies of good help. But now, just as the economy seems ready to surge, the problem, fueled increasingly by unemployment benefits that are conspiring to keep workers on the sidelines, is getting considerably worse, with no real end in sight.
Steve Corrigan has been in the landscaping business for more than 40 years now, and for most of that time, finding good help has been a challenge to one degree or another.
But he says he’s never seen anything quite like this.
Raising the (price of the) roof: Price of lumber, building materials up 180% in the last year here’s why
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Luis Santos works in the lumber yard of A. Boilard Sons, Inc. in Springfield, April 9, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD A 2-by-4 that cost $2.25 a year ago now sells for $5 or more.
The price of a 4-foot-by-8-foot sheet of drywall that sold for $6 last year is now over $8.
And a sheet of plywood the same size that sold for $26 last year is now pushing $80.
The price of lumber and other building materials has nearly tripled in the last year, up 180%, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
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