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15 Reasons to Talk about Building Codes

Posted on September 22, 2016

Fire sprinklers. Building tightness tradeoffs. More stringent requirements to protect against natural disasters: There are thousands of IRC and energy code change proposals that officials will consider next month as the I...

Housing Starts Pause in August But Still Up From Last Year

Posted on September 22, 2016

Single-family and multifamily housing starts posted declines in August after several months of gains. August single-family starts were down 6 percent from the July pace, falling back to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...

NAHB, Business Groups Sue to Block Overtime Rule

Posted on September 22, 2016

NAHB and a coalition of more than 55 Texas and national business groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) seeking to halt its federal overtime rule set to take effect Dec. 1. Earlier this year...

FOMC Statement: All Eyes on December

Posted on September 22, 2016

The statement released following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) fell in line with market expectations as the committee chose to keep the federal funds rate unchanged. The Committee’s asses...

Home Building Maintains Activity Level (Aug. 2016)

Posted on September 21, 2016

The number of residential permits issued during August indicates that local builders will be working hard to replenish new home inventory, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Re...

Builder Confidence Surges in September

Posted on September 19, 2016

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in September jumped six points to 65 from a downwardly revised August reading of 59 on the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. This...

Year-To-Date Home Building Maintains 30% Increase over 2015 (Jul. 2016)

Posted on September 16, 2016

New residential permit activity in the Kansas City region slowed slightly during July but area builders are still on track for a 30% increase over 2015. Local cities and counties issued 494 permits for new single family units...

Last Chance Code Credit Classes – December 8-9

Posted on September 16, 2016

The HBA will host 12 hours of code credit classes on Dec. 8-9 for those who still need to obtain credit hours in 2016. Dec. 8 12:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Luke Wiesen will teach a two-part class on Trus...

ABC, AIA and NAHB Economists Predict Industry Growth Through 2017

Posted on September 16, 2016

NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Chief Economist Anirban Basu and American Institute of Architects (AIA) Chief Economist Kermit Baker predicted continued growth for the construction...

Developers Push Back Against Burdensome Infrastructure Costs

Posted on September 16, 2016

Every new development project whether residential, office or commercial, places added demand for infrastructure and other public facilities such as roads, parks, schools and public transportation. For much of the 20th cent...

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...