And this is the issue across the building industry for both publicly funded and privately funded housing projects. Development costs and "off-site work" are sky high. Yet, we have jurisdiction planning staff and local electeds who seem to think there is no correlation between the end cost of a home and the cost of development. In fact, the rep for the Association of Washington Cities claimed that very thing in testimony to the legislature yesterday. To quote from his testimony, "people will pay what they will pay for housing. The costs associated with development have no impact on that."
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