I have one last point. I met with a builder during the holidays. I meet with builders all over the place. I met with one last week, and he said that the price of lumber has come down on a house this year to the lowest it's been in 20 years. It's because of the price of commodities and where they've gone.
I asked him how much of the price of the house is the lumber, the materials to build the house? He said less than 10%. Will it be reflected in the final price of the house? Not likely, because every jurisdiction in this country, mainly municipalities, is taking up that space with development charges that in my community exceed $25,000 a door on any new dwelling. That's for apartments, condominiums, and single-family houses.
Is that what your members are experiencing?