Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Making New Homes More Expensive
Prices for construction labor and materials are soaring.
A carpenter carries lumber inside a house under construction in Peoria, Illinois.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/BloombergLast year, Jim Brown and other home builders around Atlanta could get a good framing crew at a rate of $3.25 per square foot. This year, the few framers they can find demand, and get, almost double that.
“They can ask anything,” Brown said. “There aren’t enough of them left.”