Here in California building codes demand alternative energy or other efficiency upgrades on all new construction, including mobile/prefabricated manufactured homes.

We need to stop building identikit housing. More density but done with a fabric first approach and using decent design instead of the rabbit hutch “executive home” approach. Building companies are lazy and greedy. I doubt many new homes meet even the current building regs.

Is Rico Woj on here? I bet he’s blazing on the other place. To be fair, he does highlight some fairly outrageous examples of “Thou shalt” from one part of government while another is simultaneously insisting “Thou shalt not”. Almost enough to sympathise with a house builder. Almost