Los angels – A construction site in Los Angeles has everything necessary to build a traditional family house. Everything, that is, except enough workers.
“We probably have three people on the site, four people on the site, and generally, we have a double of about eight to 10 people,” General Contractor Jason Pietraszka told CBS News. “They are hiding. People are not to come to work.”
Pietruszka stated that it only legally hirths in the country, but it also depends on companies that employ highly efficient, unspecified labor. Many of those workers are now no-shows because they are frightened Ramp-up Immigration and customs enforcement raids.
“If a company has five trucks and is working every day, and half of the trucks are two people, and their half crew does not want to come, then it is truly three jobs, or two jobs that cannot be performed,” Pietraszka explained.
Lack of labor occurs at a time since more 12,000 houses were destroyed Earlier this year, Los Angeles County from disastrous pelisades and Eaton fire Need to rebuild,
According to the 2023 analysis by the National Association of Home Builders, a business group for the Housing Construction Industry, about 41% of construction workers in California are foreign.
A Report in March UCLA Anderson’s forecast found that “the increase in exile would end the construction workforce” statewide.
The report found that for the development of single-family and small (non-high growth) multi-family, the loss of workers installing drywalls, floors, roofs and finishing will directly reduce the level of production. ,
Pietruszka said Trump administration Immigration crack Already, long -term construction delays for low crew and are causing more competition.
“When you find those who are ready to work, they probably want to double the rate of hour,” Pietraszka said. “… This means that the consumer is paying more.”
