Building Business News September 2018

In this issue: The Fall Parade of Homes returns Sept. 22 through Oct. 7 with 330 homes built by 105 builder members. Compass KC, the online permitting system for Kansas City, Mo., went live Aug. 6. A common issue with this system has been with the e-review button. And Kansas City, Mo., tops the list of most permits issued in 2018 thus far.

Click here to read the September issue of BBN.

Fox4 Interview Ruder on KCHBA’s KCMO Proposal

“The end result that we’ve gotten with the code having been adopted in the way that it was and our efforts to comply with it is a historic reduction in new housing starts in Kansas City, Missouri,” KCHBA Executive Vice ...

KCHBA Announces Proposal to Reignite Housing Starts in KCMO

According to A Vision for Housing: Solutions for Kansas City, the city has a goal of creating 10,000 new, low-income housing units by 2027. Yet housing starts have dropped significantly in KCMO, while they are on the rise mos...

Building a Pipeline to Ease the Labor Shortage

For several years, the KCHBA has been working with area schools to provide students with the opportunities available to them in the residential construction industry. The KCHBA’s Workforce Development Committee hosts se...