Government Affairs Archives - Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City

SMASH for BUILD PAC 2024

Posted on January 5, 2024

Join the KCHBA at Overland Park Chicken N Pickle on Feb. 22! CLICK HERE to RSVP. ...

Tom Woods Inducted into National Housing Hall of Fame

Posted on July 12, 2023

The National Housing Hall of Fame at NAHB’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., recognizes individuals whose spirit, ingenuity and determination have changed the nation's housing for the better, and whose contributions to the...

NAHB, Builders Score Big Win in SCOTUS Decision on WOTUS

Posted on May 30, 2023

In a major victory for NAHB, builders, developers and property owners, the Supreme Court on May 25 issued a unanimous decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency that will force the Biden administration to overhaul...

Missouri Legislative Day

Posted on March 3, 2023

Be the Voice of the Industry at KCHBA’s Missouri Legislative Day Join us March 8 for an opportunity to visit legislators in their offices and not only educate them on important issues that our businesses and the home-build...

A Climate for Catastrophe in KCMO

Posted on May 10, 2022

Direct links: Page 37 - Homes & Building, March 2022 CPRP Draft KCMO's Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan A Climate for Catastrophe in KCMO By Will Ruder, EVP, KCHBA Can you name something t...

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...