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Ramon Romero Jr.: “A house that used to get built in two or three months now…”

Featuring: Ramon Romero Jr., Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 90

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One on One with Rep. Ramon Romero

Published | Video Starts at 04:07

No one is there to do the good jobs anymore. So what happens is there are crews out there, but you have to wait for them. So A house that used to get built in two or three months now gets built in six months. and the consumer ultimately pays for that. Debt service just cost more money. And that's the point that I made during the press conference. (04:07–04:12)

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Asserts that the construction time for houses has doubled due to labor shortages.

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