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More permanent housing requirements over time would solve the housing crisis by making all new structures contribute to the total housing in the system

Personally, I don't see a house as an investment when it's made out of materials that degrade after 50 years.

The land isn't worth that much and the cost of rebuilding or major repairs every 50 years means it's not an investment.

Right now housing is being sold for insane hyperinflated prices, and they're not even made to last.

More permanent housing requirements over time would solve the housing crisis by making all new structures contribute to the total housing in the system Personally, I don't see a house as an investment when it's made out of materials that degrade after 50 years. The land isn't worth that much and the cost of rebuilding or major repairs every 50 years means it's not an investment. Right now housing is being sold for insane hyperinflated prices, and they're not even made to last.

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No clue what this guy is talking about. House I work on are 100 years old. We using the same type of lumber with better water proofing material these houses will last another 100 years easy

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Yet if you go to Home Depot, even the HD employees will say "good luck" when they see you rifling through a dozen or more pieces of wood trying to find one that isn't a waterlogged, warped, dinged-up piece of junk.

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Don't buy lumber at retail stores. Go to an actual lumber mill or yard.

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As long as it stays dry it will be fine.