And so we have rescinded this final determination to restore this flexibility and restore this control back to builders and developers around our country. And a great example of this clay is in Kansas City, Missouri. When [Kansas City, Missouri] adopted [the IECC] in 2023, for the first three months, there were no new home starts. There was a 22% decrease in permits pool for new construction. There was 78% reduction in the number of builders that were in Kansas City. (00:41–08:11)
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Asserts that adopting the IECC in Kansas City led to no new home starts for three months.
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