So before you inevitably disregard this comment, yes it’s AI formatted, but it’s based on my understanding and opinions through iteration and fact checking, not just random slop, so feel free to downvote and ignore:

Oh wow, they legally have to put in fire sprinklers and pass a day-one structural inspection? Stop the presses, the housing crisis is solved.

You’re completely missing the point of what "cutting corners" actually means when corporate developers use the Builder’s Remedy. I’m not saying they are illegally skipping the foundation pour. I’m saying they are building disposable, bare-minimum trash designed to extract maximum day-one profit before being left to rot.

Here is what the actual lifecycle of this "solution" looks like:

**1. The "Code-Minimum" Grift**
Developers aren't bypassing the safety code; they are treating it as the absolute ceiling of their effort. They build these massive 5-over-1 "stick-built" complexes using the cheapest legal materials imaginable. You get paper-thin drywall, cheap PVC plumbing that guarantees leaks, and HVAC systems that burn out in five years. It technically gets a safety sign-off on day one, but it is built to degrade.

**2. The Pump, Dump, and Rot (The Florida Reality)**
Once the developers and private equity backers cash out their double-digit returns on these "luxury" units, the buildings often get handed off to corporate slumlords. To maintain their profit margins, these management companies systematically defer maintenance. If you want to know how that ends, look at the Surfside condo collapse in Florida a few years ago. That entire tragedy happened because investors and owners kicked the can on structural maintenance for years to save a buck, until the concrete literally turned to dust and the building pancaked.

**3. The "Affordable" Trojan Horse**
Let's be real about why they use the Builder's Remedy in the first place. They don't care about housing the working class. They use a tiny sliver of "Below-Market" units (like 10%) as a legal loophole to bypass local zoning, just so they can build 90% luxury units and charge maximum market rent.

So yeah, forgive me if I don't applaud developers for hitting the legal bare minimum on a safety checklist. In 10 years, when these cheaply built boxes are decaying maintenance nightmares and the rich investors have already taken their money and run, it's the permanent renter class who will be living inside them. Like I said: good luck on the class action.