Recognizing the Cost Drivers Builders Can’t Control Rather than pointing fingers, ABMA’s proposal takes a constructive, solutions-oriented approach — identifying where policy can remove friction instead of adding it.
One of the most significant findings behind Building Homes, Not Costs is how much of a home’s final price is determined before construction even begins. Permitting delays, approval timelines, and inspection backlogs silently add time — and cost — to every project, long before a shovel hits the ground. National data shows that nearly a quarter of the cost of a new home can be attributed to permitting approvals and delays alone. Equally important is ABMA’s focus on restoring clarity and predictability to the building code process. Across the country, builders are navigating an increasingly complex patchwork of state and local mandates layered on top of nationally developed codes — often changing year over year.
“If we can reduce those delays, even modestly, we can make a meaningful impact on affordability, that’s a lever policymakers actually have the ability to pull.” — Francis Palasieski
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of the cost of a new home can be attributed to permitting approvals and delays
Source: ABMA Analysis of U.S Census, NAHB and propriety data
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