Since the decision brought by Seattle’s officials, home construction projects were deemed as non-essential. This case as some local contractors claim, will leave many families without a home since all home construction projects have been placed on a halt indefinitely. As the future homeowners are struggling with the wait while COVID-19 pandemics continue, contractors are facing many issues in the meantime.
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Contractors Affected as Home Construction is Placed on a Halt
As Steve Scott, a general contractor located in Seattle, claims, “no (contractor) one is working around here (Seattle)”. With the decision made by Seattle’s officials, home construction projects are deemed as non-essential. In that manner, all home construction projects are shutdown as the number of deaths caused by the COVID-19 pandemics is rising from week to week. Scott described a part of issues that contractors are facing with the most recent order to shut down some construction operations. Contractors are trying to keep the workers employed although their projects have been delayed and closed until the crisis is resolved and in the past. Until then, contractors are going through losses all to prevent a case scenario where their employees would head to another state in search for work. Not all states have placed non-essential construction on a halt. That means that construction workers from Seattle might head out of the state in search for jobs. That would leave Seattle’s contractors with no labor workers in a post-COVID-19 scenario.
Families Unable to Move into Their Homes Due to Construction Halt
Families in Seattle that are waiting for the final work on their properties to be done, won’t be able to move into their homes until the halt is removed. Due to sanctions to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading and bringing more deaths to already grim statistics, construction workers are not able to finish homes that would take less than a week to be completed. That is how families will have to wait to move in until contractors are allowed to move forward with operations.
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