Pre-Construction Planning Especially Crucial on Affordable Projects

Nov 7, 2019
Rising construction costs are the biggest challenge for all developers, but for affordable developers, it can be a crippling one.

Rising construction costs are the biggest challenge for all developers, but for affordable developers, it can be a crippling one. In fact, the increased construction costs are one of an amalgam of reasons that the affordable housing supply is shrinking. However, there are solutions. Partnering with an established affordable builder is one of the essential ways that developers get costs under control, along with pre-construction planning to stay on schedule and work out potential cost-increasing issues before they happen.

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