Consumer News Archives - Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City

Building a Pipeline to Ease the Labor Shortage

Posted on April 16, 2024

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...

Fox4’s Kathy Quinn Visits the Parade of Playhouses at Union Station

Posted on April 15, 2024

Fox4's Kathy Quinn visited the Parade of Playhouses at Union Station last week and spoke with Belton High School's Architecture and Construction teacher Matt McCann, his students and KCHBA's Community Relations Director Jordy...

The Beacon Interviews Ruder, Libra on the Housing Market

Posted on April 15, 2024

“If you’re in $100,000 just for the dirt, it’s increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to build something on there and to hit a price point under $350,000,” KCHBA's Executive Vice President Will Ruder told Mili Man...

41 Action News Reports on Permit Data

Posted on April 8, 2024

"In the last six months, I've pulled no permits in Kansas City and that's primarily due to this new energy code. We've moved a lot of our operations to different jurisdictions around the metro," Dennis Shriver, owner of H...

Ashlar Homes Collaborates with Operation Homefront to Support Local Veteran

Posted on March 13, 2024

In December, Ashlar Homes, in collaboration with U.S. Bank and Operation Homefront, welcomed Army Veteran Oscar Perez, his spouse, Kristi, and their children to a new home in the Woodlawn Estates community in Lee’s Summit, ...

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...