via the National Association of Home Builders
Since January of last year, rising lumber prices have increased the price of an average single-family home by $6,388.
Much of these unprecedented price hikes are due to tariffs averaging more than 20 percent on Canadian softwood lumber shipments into the U.S.
The tariffs are acting as a tax on American home builders and home buyers, making housing less affordable for American families.
Read more details here.
Click here to contact your member of Congress and ask them to encourage the President to re-start softwood lumber trade negotiations with Canada.ย