A shortage in lumber has caused a surge in prices that are impacting building projects across the country, including at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville.For decades, the organization has been making dreams come true by opening up the door to homeownership. The core part of habitat is using the power of home to change lives to remind people that they re more powerful than they thought they were, that they can do more than they think they can, CEO Rob Locke said.Providing that dream of homeownership is coming at a much higher cost. The average lumber package for one habitat house has doubled to more than $25,000. We re kind of eating it right now, and we ll do 20 of these projects this year, so I mean legit you re talking about a quarter of a million bucks of unexpected overage, Locke said. According to Kentucky Forrest Industries Association President Bob Bauer, during the pandemic, mills were forced to slow production or shut down completely, and while supply may have