Maybe my perspective is California centric, but the safety regulations have affected almost every aspect of home building, from materials, to construction, to m

Maybe my perspective is California centric, but the safety regulations have affected almost every aspect of home building, from materials, to construction, to monitoring. So for example, mandatory safety glass, mandatory plywood sheathing, smoke detectors, electrical wiring, foundations. It is all those incremental costs multiplied by the increase in average size (2 - 2.5x) and it ends up substantially affecting construction costs.