GETTING ANSWERS FROM ALL ACROSS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS THE CBS13 NEWS AT 6.>
DELAYS, LOCAL BUILDERS SAY
RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS ARE
SLOWING DOWN SACRAMENTO'S
CONSTRUCTION BOOM.
THEY SAY CONTRACTORS ARE
STRETCHED THIN AS HIS.
BLOCKS MIMI PEOPLE LOOKING FOR
A PLACE TO LIVE WILL HAVE TO
WAIT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M TONY
LOPEZ.
I'M CHRISTINA JANES.
LEMOR ABRAMS JOINS US NOW WITH
THE REASON WHY.
Reporter: CHECK OUT THIS
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
YOU DON'T SEE MANY CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS AROUND HERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE BUILDERS SAY
THEY ARE BUSY.
BATTLING MOTHER NATURE.
THE WILDFIRES THAT RIPPED
THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WERE THE DEADLIEST AND MOST
DESTRUCTIVE IN STATE HISTORY.
TWO MONTHS LATER THE RAGING
INFERNO ISN'T DONE WREAKING
HAVOC.
THIS TIME ON NEW HOME
CONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE 6 1/2 MONTHS BEHIND.
Reporter: ONE DEVELOPER SAYS
HIS PROJECT IN MIDTOWN
SACRAMENTO IS ONE OF SEVERAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BEHIND
SCHEDULE.
A LABOR SHORTAGE IS TO BLAME.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS
TO FIND NEW PLUMBERS OR NEW
FRAMERS.
Reporter: HE SAYS THE
PROBLEM STARTED DURING THE 2008
GREAT RECESSION.
CONTRACTORS AND TRADES MEN AND
WOMEN LEFT THE INDUSTRY.
THE ONES LEFT ARE GOING WHERE
THE JOBS ARE.
IN THE REGION ROBERT -- RAVAGED
BY FIRE.
THE LOSSES FROM NAPA AND SONOMA
FIRES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE $9
BILLION.
THAT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW
HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT NEED
REBUILDING.
WHILE THE RED-HOT HOUSING
MARKET WEIGHTS. IT WILL
CERTAINLY ALLOW FEWER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO
HAVE A CHANCE TO MOVE INTO A
HOME.
Reporter: INSIDE THESE UNITS
ARE SLOWLY COMING TOGETHER.
THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO.
THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
ALREADY SOLD.
REALTORS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE
THEM. THERE'S MORE NEW
CONSTRUCTION.
I'M FINDING ONCE WE GET INTO
THE CONTRACT IT'S TAKING LONGER
TO CLOSE THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
Reporter: ONE REALTOR SAYS
THE SACRAMENTO MARKET ONLY HAS
A MONTH AND HALF SUPPLY OF
HOMES FOR SALE.
IT'S COMPETITION HEATS UP, AND
IT SPURS NEW GROWTH.
SHE HOPES MORE CONSTRUCTION
