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Congressman Cleaver Visits KCHBA

Posted on March 14, 2016

As part of Bringing Housing Home™, members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City met on Friday, March 11 with Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver II (D-MO) to talk about issues important to the homebuilding i...

Get on the Bus!

Posted on March 14, 2016

Missouri Legislative Day If you work or own a business in Missouri, save the date to attend the annual Missouri Legislative Day in Jefferson City. This event provides an important opportunity for HBA members to meet face-to-...

March 2016 Building Business News

Posted on March 11, 2016

Catch up on the latest news in the home building industry. Click here to read the March BBN....

February Permits Point Toward a Busy Spring (Feb. 2016)

Posted on February 28, 2016

Local cities and counties issued 399 single family building permits during February—the highest February count since 2007, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Buil...

January Permits Continue Building Activity Trend (Jan. 2016)

Posted on February 23, 2016

The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City recently heard from a national economist who predicted that 2016 home building activity will continue at about the same rate as in 2015, with a gradual increase as the year...

February 2016 Building Business News

Posted on February 3, 2016

Catch up on the latest news in the home building industry. Click here to read the February BBN....

Kansas Legislative Day

Posted on February 1, 2016

On Wednesday, January 27, KCHBA and other members of the Kansas Building Industry Association (KBIA) gathered in Topeka for Kansas Legislative Day. The day served as an important opportunity to meet with legislators face-to...

January 2016 Building Business News

Posted on January 22, 2016

Click here to read the January issue of the BBN featuring the legislative agendas for 2016, 2015 award winners, and inaugural photos....

Local Builder Wraps Up Term Leading National Association of Home Builders

Posted on January 22, 2016

Tom Woods, founder of Blue Springs-based Woods Custom Homes, was recognized for his service as the 2015 chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the association’s International Builders’ Show in...

Single Family Housing Finishes 2015 with 10 Percent Gain Over 2014 (Dec. 2015)

Posted on January 22, 2016

A busy December added 432 single family permits in the eight county metro area according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. The year ...

More than 300 Homes on 2024 Spring Parade of Homes

The Spring Parade of Homes, open April 27 through May 12, offers the opportunity to see one of the largest and most impressive displays of new homes in the country. Sponsored by Mike Bryant Heating & Cooling, the spring p...

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...