Representative Kevin Steele is no stranger to the costs of building a home. He’s a businessman who recently started a new venture. “So ironically enough, last year, I started a building company called Hunter Custom Homes. We're building, you know, 2700 square foot homes,” said Steele, a Republican. So, when we brought him contracts from the Rebuild Florida Hurricane Irma Home Repair and Replacement program, he had questions. “It doesn't seem like the cost of goods or labor really correlates with the scope of work,” Steele said. “I do know, and new building contracts that you have with construction organizations, they put in an inflation writer now, because a lot of construction companies got in trouble with cost of goods going up. "And I know that when we were building our house, from the beginning, when we started to when we ended, inflationary costs have drove through the roof. So, I know that some of this could be attributed to that. But it shouldn't be that out of line.” He says he will look into issues after hearing that contracts have sometimes quadrupled their original price and that some homeowners are still waiting to get home after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Irma. “We should do an investigation in which I'm grateful that you guys were doing this to find out why it's happening,” Steele said. It’s the same findings our TEGNA partner First Coast News WTLV-TV sat down with Sen. Clay Yarborough about. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/10-investigates/rebuild/rebuild-florida-lawmakers-homeowners-seek-help/67-5dc97afc-58c9-4f64-8235-be81c362c933 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay