Soaring lumber prices hinder affordable housing
Soaring lumber prices hinder affordable housing By Megan McNeil | February 22, 2021 at 6:43 PM MST - Updated February 23 at 5:31 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -The US is facing a lumber shortage. It is causing mass delays, meaning it takes longer to get the supplies, longer to build the homes and longer before homeowners can get inside their house.
Work is under way for caregiver, Marie Odette Niyitegeka, and her family’s new Habitat for Humanity house. Her family of 7 is excited to have a place to call their own.
“It will be safe, it will be stable, no more movement because we will live there permanently, and it will be quiet for our children,” she said.