Florida code requires wind rated houses for new builds. While they could probably use engineered wood, I'd bet it's more expensive than concrete. Put another

Florida code requires wind rated houses for new builds. While they could probably use engineered wood, I'd bet it's more expensive than concrete. Put another way, every home I saw built in Florida when I lived there was made of concrete blocks. So they're not even allowed to use cheap yellow pine framing like most of the rest of the US does.