The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday released a set of 53 frequently asked questions – and their answers – to provide guidance to employers and employees on its respirable crystalline silica standar...
In a recent NAHB survey, over 40 percent of builders said construction costs in general are causing home buyers to hold back from purchasing a new home, and over 90 percent said that lumber prices specifically are hurting aff...
Shortages of framing lumber are now more widespread than at any time since NAHB began tracking the issue in 1994, according to results from the May 2018 survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.
More than 30 pe...
In a victory for NAHB, Interim Forest Service Chief Victoria Christiansen told Congress yesterday that the Forest Service expects its 2018 timber harvest will be the biggest in 20 years.
NAHB has been leading the charge to...
On a 360-59 vote, the House has overwhelmingly approved NAHB-supported legislation that would provide vocational training for prisoners in an effort to reduce recidivism rates.
In a letter of support for the FIRST STEP Act...
If the clout of a Washington trade association is measured by its access to high-level policymakers, than the members of NAHB have much to be proud about.
This week alone, during the 2018 NAHB Spring Executive Board Meetin...
Since the beginning of last year, rising lumber prices – primarily as a result of tariffs on imported Canadian softwood lumber – have increased the price of an average single-family home by more than $7,000.
NAHB is as...
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Nine days of hearings on proposed amendments to many of the International Code Council’s (ICC) building codes g...
The U.S.-Canada softwood lumber trade dispute, housing finance reform and tax-related housing issues were on the agenda when NAHB Senior Officers met with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in Washington, D.C. yesterday.
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Even after a significant reduction in their corporate tax rate, some utility companies are interpreting a little-known tax change in a way that is forcing developers to pay substantially more for contributions in aid of c...
The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (KCHBA) wants to always provide its members with relevant information regarding the current state of the industry, including a reflection of the growth that has taken place...
The KCHBA's Fall Parade of Homes student tours were recently featured in a video created by "American Graduate: Getting to Work,” which is a two-year public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broad...
Support the Artisan Home Tour and JDRF with this fundraiser! For $10 a day, your staff can wear jeans and blue (colors of JDRF and HBA)! All proceeds benefit JDRF on behalf of the Artisan Home Tour. Take a photo, share on Fac...
