There are a LOT of these type vids showing the BS narrative of Lumber shortages. Nothing short of market manipulation to drive up prices, most notably homes. Why Homes? Part of the American dream is to buy a house. Can't do that if they're priced out of the average middle class incomes: look at California where you pay $500k for a damn shack.
Do some investigating.
Here's a primer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nW4drJW37U
Here in the south where we just had hurricanes last year, they raised prices for everything needed to repair or replace fencing, roofs, gutters, ect... and all companies that do these types of work also raised their prices because they could & because they were so busy after the hurricanes. Before hurricanes last year, we had a bunch of big branches cut from one big tree in front yard, and had another large (one tree split into two large trunks) totally removed from between our house and neighbors for $1,000. Now that big tree in front yard is slightly leaning after hurricanes, we asked same person who did the trees before how much to cut down that one tree, they said $2,000. Well it’s still standing because we can’t afford that. We needed lots of fencing replaced & both our gates. We can’t afford to have someone replace them so husband has been slowly doing it himself, we still have one whole side of fencing to replace but he just hasn’t had time. He just rigged it the best he could for now, our pups have some peek a boo areas to see into neighbors yard, lol. It cost us $400 for two small pieces of gutters to be replaced over our front door entry, because neighbors tree dropped huge branches down on them. It took about 4 companies giving us estimates & not wanting to do the gutter job because it was too small a job, before we found someone willing to do it.
I was flooded out in SE NC by Hurricane Flo. in 2018. All building materials have been rising in this area since then. Between all the hurricanes, floods in the midwest, and fires in the west I am not surprised by the rise in wood and other building prices. Plus many people are moving out of their liberal areas and either building or buying homes. If they buy an older home many will remodel it to their liking. And then we have so many people adding on or remodeling their homes during COVID.
Exactly right Swimkin!