Episode 1747
Weekday Update: More new energy standards for affordable housing! Plus breaking news!
Affordable housing is just about to become less affordable with new energy standards for those programs that could add nearly $10k to a new home. Plus we give you a sneak peek to some breaking BIG news for Saturday you dont want to miss!
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Transcript
[00:00:34] Eric Goranson: This is what didn't fit into last week's show. And it isn't going to fit into next weekend's show as well. And we've got so much going on today. I wanted to talk about something that I saw in the news, and it's a little bit of an expansion of what we saw that I talked about a week or two ago, in that they are looking to add new energy mandates for brand new homes that are being constructed, including low income ones.
[:[00:01:17] Eric Goranson: But they're trying to slide it in to go in with all the different FHA, Freddie Mac, those type of home mortgages. But they're going to be mandating this new energy standard, which of course is going to add to the house cost at the end, which doesn't help us with affordable housing. And here's my concern.
[:[00:02:00] Eric Goranson: And we have so much regulation already that is costing money to get in. If I go here in the city of Portland, for instance, and I go build. You know, an affordable house there for somebody that is sitting there in the city. They could hit me with a 40 or 50, 000 site development fee, which in some states they've now ruled as unconstitutional.
[:[00:02:42] Eric Goranson: In theory, it's going to save them more on their power bills. But if you're adding another seven to 10, 000 to the overall price of a home, we're going the wrong way, guys. We're going the wrong way. And I think what we need to see is for us to get affordable housing where we want it to be. I think we need to turn around and make [00:03:00] that where we're making for affordable housing.
[:[00:03:24] Eric Goranson: And they're taking these projects on themselves, and of course the project price is 50 to 100 percent more than if you had a private builder building it. And it's not any better of a building. If anything, there's just more red tape. So I think as a society here in the United States, we need to start paying attention to how we're doing this because it's so haphazard and I agree with us coming in and making things more efficient.
[:[00:04:24] Eric Goranson: They have a problem there that has been just shocking where they have in their subsidized housing. I think we need to come up with a way to have a, if you're in government housing, I think you should have. A bill of rights that says what you should be delivered as affordable housing. I think it should be something that is safe.
[:[00:05:17] Eric Goranson: So I think we need to be working on trying to get that stuff dialed in for people out there. And we need to be holding our own governments accountable for this stuff. If people are living in those things and it is unhealthy, that's bad for everyone. So I think it's something that we really need to pay attention to.
[:[00:05:54] Eric Goranson: People living in mold open sewer running on the floor. Nobody [00:06:00] will fix it. And then when they report it to get fixed, they get pushed back or even get in trouble for trying to report it. Where you got people basically. Blackmailing them, don't turn this in, or I'm going to do this kind of stuff. And it's, it's out of control.
[:[00:06:38] Eric Goranson: If you can hear that noise in the background, that's my glass guy picking up out there. That's what happens when we do this show. Sometimes we get a little bit of background noise, but here's the thing, guys. This is one of those things here that I'm really. Really thinking that we should be taking a look at it's an election year, which means we're voting people into office.
[:[00:07:14] Eric Goranson: So I think if we spend some time, get people in the right place, and if we actually do something about it. There's a lot more we can do guys. We got a, here's a little inside peek. We're have a giveaway starting on June 1st, and this is going to be absolutely amazing. I'm going to give you just some quiet details cause we haven't announced it yet, but we're going to announce it on.
[:[00:08:05] Eric Goranson: We're trying to promote generator safety starting on the first, starting on Saturday. We're going to have a little bit of a show on it. And you're going to be able to sign up for a chance to win and all the details will be out there. So we haven't announced all the little details on it. So the, all those rules and regulations that will be coming up on Saturday and don't worry, you don't have to just set up on Saturday.
[:[00:08:44] Eric Goranson: There's a lot of cool stuff there. So stay tuned for that on Saturday show. See, there's that little tease that I usually give you on Friday. This one. I'm giving it to you since you listened to the last half of this episode. So there we go. All right, everybody, I got to get over here and get some stuff done.
[:[00:09:16] Eric Goranson: And we have another excellent episode besides that one as well. So we've got a lot going on this weekend. Happy summertime, happy post Memorial day weekend. Thanks for tuning in around the house. We'll see you Saturday.
