Business View Magazine | April 2021

27 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2021 KCHomeWork.com provides information on what types of jobs are available in the home-building industry, pay ranges for those jobs, resources for finding those opportunities and more. The website also presents an overview of the KCHBA and the organization’s role in alleviating the labor shortage within the housing industry. The third “L” is lumber. Between mid-April and mid-September 2020, lumber prices soared more than 170 percent. This unprecedented lumber price spike added nearly $16,000 to the price of a typical new single-family home. The escalating lumber prices are due to a host of issues. But chief among them is the fact that there is simply not enough domestic production. Many mills decreased production in response to stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures enacted by state and local governments at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Further, mill operators projected that housing would be adversely affected by the crisis HOME BUI LDERS ASSOC I AT ION OF GREATER KANSAS C I TY (KCHBA) KCHBA Members regularly visit the Missouri and Kansas state capitals to meet with legislators and discuss issues of importance to the industry. KCHBA Members regularly meet with legislators and discuss issues of importance to the industry.