March 27, 2025 8:00 am
Business, News 
Construction equipment sits near newly built houses Jan. 27 in the North Haven development near Fairgrounds Community Park in north Clark County. The National Association of Home Builders believes tariffs will raise the cost of a single-family home in the United States by $7,500 to $10,000. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
Signs advertise new homes for sale in the North Haven development near Fairgrounds Community Park in Clark County.
A sign advertises new homes for sale in the North Haven development near Fairgrounds Community Park in Clark County. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
New and planned tariffs set by the Trump administration on imported construction materials have Clark County builders worried about rising costs and slowing housing production.
Steep tariffs on steel — often used in mid- to high-rise housing — and next month’s planned tariffs on certain Mexican and Canadian imports, including lumber, are already causing the prices on construction materials to rise, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
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