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Council and Task Force Meetings, April 9

Posted on March 19, 2015

Sales & Marketing Council Meeting – April 9, 9:30 am Jared Webb, Kansas City Star, will be the featured speaker—don’t miss his insight into digital and other media. Labor Shortage Task Force Meeting – April 9 ...

Build-PAC Gold Key Fundraiser, April 8

Posted on March 19, 2015

The HBA’s Political Action Committee (HBA-PAC) is excited to announce that the next BUILD-PAC Gold Key fundraiser is scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, April 8 at the home of Tom and Gayle French. The BUILD-PAC fundr...

KCHBA Submits Comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Ambient Air Quality Standards

Posted on March 18, 2015

The KCHBA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to revise the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone under the Clean Water Act. NAHB and the KCHBA’s are...

KCHBA Members are “Bringing Housing Home”

Posted on March 12, 2015

KCHBA members met with Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (Kansas, 2nd District) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (Missouri, 5th District) for the National Association of Home Builder’s Bringing Housing Home™ 2015 Legislative Conf...

KC Water Services Proposes Regulatory Changes Effective May 1, 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015

The KC Water Services Department is hosting a briefing on Wednesday, March 11 from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Brush Creek Conference Room (4800 E. 63rd St., KCMO, 2nd floor) to discuss regulatory changes that take effect on Ma...

March 2015 Building Business News

Posted on March 9, 2015

Click here to read the March 2015 issue of the Building Business News, featuring Greater Kansas City Home Show information....

March 2015 Building Business News

Posted on March 9, 2015

Click here to read the March 2015 issue of the Building Business News, featuring Greater Kansas City Home Show information. ...

JoCo Contractor Licensing Seminar and Builder Trade Show, March 25-27

Posted on March 2, 2015

The Johnson County Contractor Licensing Spring Education Seminar will be held March 25 through March 27 and be combined with a Trade Show at the Overland Park Convention Center. This Trade Show offers vendors the opportunit...

January 2015 Residential Permit Statistics

Posted on February 19, 2015

Single family housing permits issued during January 2015 decreased from recent months according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. With 2...

Meredith Oliver Opens Builders Row Trade Show, March 20

Posted on February 19, 2015

Meredith is a professional speaker with thirteen consecutive appearances at the International Builders Show and five appearances in the invitation-only Super Sales Rally. Meredith will speak on Friday morning at Bartle Hall t...

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...