Being a general contractor for 48 years, all the cost of the components that are required to construct a house that is affordable, are best realized by having a manufactured house delivered to a lot.
Manufactured homes these days are resilient and durable with proper maintenance, as all houses require maintenance. Any home that is built under the Federal Housing CBDG grants, is very expensive for the public that pays for the subsidy. Nothing is free. Bureaucracy is expensive, especially federal bureaucracy.
KB Homes or Lennar Homes build a house where every stick of lumber, every door, every shingle, every door bumper, every foot of water line, and all the administrative costs add up to the cost of a home. Production lets these homebuilders spread the administrative costs over many homes. A single affordable subsidized house has to bear all the costs in one project.
To declare that we will build affordable houses out of thin air is exactly what it says, except thin air is hot air.
Ed LeGendre
East side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
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