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NAHB’s James Tobin: California’s Construction After the Wildfires, Can Take 18 Months to 2 Years Before You Can Fully Rebuild

‘The pace of this, we have to contain the fire, were not even there yet’
By Grabien Staff

RUSH EXCERPT:
TOBIN: "A long haul for those people would been displaced and lost their homes. It’s very, located process to rebuild after a wildfire much different than building a new subdivision and certainly different than recovering from a hurricane or tornado, complete losses of structure. The pace of this, we have to contain the fire, were not even there yet but you’re talking large debris fields of toxic debris has to be cleared fully away and then you have to deal with the individual insurance policies for each individual policy that can take 6 - 8 months and then hire a builder and build a home at the pace of California construction you’re looking at six months at best but probably 18 months to two years before you will fully rebuild. We are talking years, not months when it comes to recovery of those homes in California."

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