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Permits and Builder Confidence Increasing (Aug. 2015)

Posted on September 23, 2015

The number of residential permits continues to increase along with builder sentiment, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. The ...

Missouri 2015 Veto Session

Posted on September 21, 2015

After a somewhat chaotic regular session, the Missouri Legislature’s 2015 veto session took place on Wednesday, September 16, under new leadership in both chambers. Senator Ron Richard is now serving as the new President ...

Workers’ Comp Rates to Drop in 2016

Posted on September 17, 2015

For the second consecutive year, Missouri employers will see a drop in workers’ compensation rates. Governor Nixonannounced the decrease during a recent visit to the Nelson Mulligan Carpenters Training Center in Affton, s...

Building Business News – September 2015

Posted on September 10, 2015

Click here to read the September 2015 issue of Building Business News, featuring two home tours to be held this fall....

July 2015 Residential Permits

Posted on September 3, 2015

Residential Construction Activity Holding Steady In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production during 2015 continues to experience slow but steady growth, according to the Home Builders Assoc...

NLRB Ruling Potentially Harmful to Home Builders

Posted on September 2, 2015

The National Labor Relations Board recently issued a ruling that changes the long-held definition of joint employers. The decision expands the current standard, which requires an employer to actually exercise the authority ...

WOTUS Update

Posted on August 28, 2015

Yesterday a federal judge in North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction to stop the Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS) from taking effect in 13 states, including Missouri. The rule, which would allow the EPA and U.S. Army Co...

HBA for Patent Reform

Posted on August 24, 2015

Earlier this summer KCHBA joined the national coalition “United for Patent Reform” in support of federal patent trolling legislation. Patent trolls, which bring frivolous lawsuits against businesses while not actually m...

August 2015 Building Business News

Posted on August 21, 2015

Click here to read the August 2015 issue of the BBN, featuring an Artisan Tour preview....

Gardner Visits the HBA

Posted on August 18, 2015

Today’s Board Meeting featured a short presentation about residential building from the city of Gardner, Kansas. Mayor Chris Morrow, City Administrator Cheryl Harrison-Lee, and Business and Economic Development Director L...

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...