Builders Say Deconstructing ‘Green’ Building Codes Will Lower New Housing Costs

Builders Say Deconstructing ‘Green’ Building Codes Will Lower New Housing Costs

Masons laid the concrete foundation from “bare dirt” in 39 days and laborers were ready to frame and roof the skeletal superstructure so carpenters, plumbers, and electricians could complete the single-family home. All that remained was approval of an “interior remodel,” a slight variation from the permit issued months earlier by the Kansas City Planning and Development Department’s Permits Division. But it was April 2024, and things had changed…