NAHB Chairman Ed Brady issued the following statement on President-elect Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
“NAHB commen...
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, on Dec. 6 released a set of principles regarding reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NF...
In a victory for NAHB, a federal judge in Texas on Nov. 22 granted a preliminary injunction to delay implementation of the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule. The rule, which was scheduled to take effect Dec. 1, would ...
Missouri Republicans swept all major down ballot races in the General Election, meaning they will control both the executive and legislative branches of the state government. Within the legislature, they will hold strong su...
Earlier this year, Kansas observed a record number of incumbent legislators ousted by moderate candidates in the primary election. Most of those moderate Republicans and a handful of new Democrats were then officially voted...
Small home building firms and other businesses need to be prepared as the Department of Labor’s final rule to double the overtime salary limit from $23,660 to $47,476 will take effect on Dec. 1.
It is uncertain what the ...
HUD has proposed new floodplain development rules that threaten access to FHA financing for single- and multifamily builders and rely on floodplain maps that haven’t been drawn yet.
For nearly 40 years, federal floodplai...
NAHB and its industry partners today presented their first brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that challenges the Waters of the U.S. rule.
“The Sixth Circuit issued a nationwide stay of the Wate...
The dust is clearing after a week-long marathon of building and energy code votes in Kansas City, Mo., when building officials, product manufacturers, civil engineers and even a few home builders testified on nearly 2,000...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon begin surveying a select group of remodelers and other contractors, as well as property managers and lessors of public and commercial buildings regarding lead-safe work ...
Join us in celebrating Professional Women in Building Week, Sept. 13-17! PWB Week celebrates the achievements of women in residential construction and encourages them to join and enrich the home building profession.
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Although the recent drop in softwood lumber prices since mid-May is helping bring costs down (after having driven them up drastically earlier in the year), the decline has been offset by large increases in the prices of sev...
The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City's Fall Parade of Homes returns to Kansas City Sept. 18 through Oct. 3. Sponsored by Mike Bryant Heating & Cooling, the fall parade will feature 230 homes by 88 of the a...
