It's worse than that. They make a capital gain on their houses when costs rise for new construction due to the resulting material shortages.
You might want to take a look at my first book, Natural Process. You are clearly one of the few ready to read it.
What I have a problem with is the rural areas being forced by law to pick up the cost for the same.
It's worse than that. The methods they employ assure that the asset at risk never recovers. It keeps them in power and employ forever.
You would be wise to publish as an E-book on all the different venders.