And minimum building standards are mindlessly being set by local municipalities, who frankly don't have the engineering competence to understand whether it's ex

And minimum building standards are mindlessly being set by local municipalities, who frankly don't have the engineering competence to understand whether it's excessive or should be required in the first place. Just mindlessly chasing "newer code is better", without understanding how it affects housing affordability. Or maybe it's an intentional payout to developers to let them profit from increased complexity?