Construction worker shortage poses obstacle to building new housing

Design and Architecture

Construction worker shortage poses obstacle to building new housing

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Published on Jan 23, 2019, 2:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:04:25

Episode Description

California’s new governor Gavin Newsom wants to build a lot more housing in the state: as many as half a million new houses a year. But who’s going to build all that housing? A new report from a labor think tank says the state is short about 200,000 new construction workers to meet those goals.

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