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Experts Tell Builders to Watch for Electricity Shortage and Weaponized Water in 2023 Legislative Session

By April Towery / November 11, 2022 /

…weaponized just yet but it’s certainly causing some supply-chain problems, Crone said.  “We’ve been playing whack-a-mole for the last two-plus years on everything with building materials — lumber, garage doors,…

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Despite Adding More Workers, U.S. Sawmills Struggle to Keep up With Lumber Demand

By Joanna England / January 10, 2022 /

…at the Dallas Builders Association. “With crippling tariffs that they advocated for hurting the ability of Canadian lumber to help solve the problem, housing is less attainable for thousands of…

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Dallas Builders Association Looks Back at a Record-Breaking 2021

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / December 23, 2021 /

…Congressional delegation, holding numerous meetings on costly lumber tariffs, supply chain challenges, and proposed regulatory intrusion into the code-making process. We also met with Senator John Cornyn to discuss the…

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Trade Dispute Means Higher Lumber Tariffs Likely to Impact Housing Costs

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 16, 2021 /

By Phil Crone Executive Officer, Dallas Builders Association Amidst a market defined by rampant inflation and material shortages, builders should now prepare for duties (tariffs) on Canadian lumber to double…

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Thanks to Lumber Shortages, New Home Prices Won’t Say “Timber!” Anytime Soon

By Seth Fowler / June 15, 2021 /

…flip a switch and start production. Along with new regulations, environmentally conscious politicians in power, and tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, the price of lumber has soared in the…

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