Hawbaker Working Through Pennsylvania Restrictions

On March 19, 2020, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf issued an order requiring all “non-life-sustaining” businesses to cease operations immediately to help slow the spread of COVID-19. With the order, Gov. Wolf issued a list of non-life-sustaining businesses, which included an outright ban on forms of commercial construction (with the exception of emergency repairs and the construction of healthcare facilities), including the following:

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Builder Confidence Drops

Reflecting the growing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes plunged 42 points in April to 30, according to the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. The decline in April was the largest single monthly change in the history of the index and marks the lowest builder confidence reading since June 2012. It is also the first time…

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