Building a house in the U.S. is about to get a lot more expensive — not just because of materials, but because the people who build them may no longer be around. A new NYT piece walks through a $1.29M Phoenix home project and shows how losing immigrant labor could drive up costs by 17%, while new tariffs on materials from Canada, Mexico, and China add another 5%.
Calculations via NYTFor architects, that means potentially fewer projects breaking ground, tighter budgets, and more design compromises. Less labor, pricier materials, and clients doing the math.
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