Salem needs more housing. But the building industry has its own problems
Pat Laverty works on a home build on Vine Maple Street Southeast on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
At a construction site in south Salem, the work gets more expensive by the day.
As the buzz of electric saws rings in the background, Dan Dorn, the president of Sunco Homes and Remodeling, explained how earlier that morning he called his lumber supplier to find out the cost for a sheet of oriented…
