Help can we get money back

Building a house and the builder was suppose to do an did energy wise home but said the Township would not approve the plans now we find that the township did not deny the plans he did in fact bankrupt the company and could not get the materials to do that type of home, we did not know this until this week and the house is pr sa complete. He in turn told us we would have to convert to a home wood home so we did but he only cut the price by $12,000 and of course keeps adding thing so that we are to the original price. By the time all this happened we had already given them a bunch of money and could not change builders. If he would have told us this I would have gone with another builder which was $45,000 less.

Do we have any recourse against him? He is over the time limit of the
contract at this point and the house is still not done. We have a 180
day clause in the contract.

Any help you can give me I would appreciate.

Thank You

Based on what you say here, you could file suit against them (or at least threaten to do so) in small claims court or in regular court; filing in small claims court is easier and requires no attorney but amounts are limited...you could try to collect all of the costs and damages that you suffered due to their behavior...