This is a way to milk a lot of the wealth of the old folks and middle classes, by requiring them to retrofit their homes when they sell them, with energy efficient appliances, new windows, High SEER HVAC systems, water heaters, low flow toilets and faucet heads, lead paint abatement, approved insulation, asbestos abatement, radon abatement, mold remediation, inground oil tank removal and soil removal, septic upgrades
yada yada yada. And govt inspectors to check all of it and issue “permits” and “licenses”
I’ve been a Realtor, you cannot imagine all the inspections and tests that could now become govt mandates...
Just wait for it. If you have an old house (pre 78 or worse pre 1950, bend over.
This will take your house equity (if you have any) and make “jobs” for all those (union) contractors
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