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September 2014 Building Business News

Posted on September 15, 2014

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Urge Your Senator to Pass Housing Finance Reform NOW!

Posted on September 6, 2014

There are only a dozen legislative days left before Congress adjourns for the November elections. But there is still time to contact your U.S. Senators to urge them to support S. 1217, the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpaye...

July 2014 Building Permit Report

Posted on August 25, 2014

In cities across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, housing production during 2014 continues to maintain the pace established last year, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) mont...

Aug 22 – Parade of Homes Contest Entry Deadline

Posted on August 14, 2014

Builders, Friday, Aug 22 is the deadline to enter your home into the Pick of the Parade and/or Distinctive Plan & Design Contests! Download the entry form here and then contact gina@kchba.org to register. ...

August 2014 Building Business News

Posted on August 14, 2014

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HBA Unveils New Education and Event Schedule

Posted on August 1, 2014

The HBA unveiled a new education and event schedule this week with opportunities to better understand the state of the U.S. economy, construction contracts and law, and how recently passed state legislation and city-wide init...

Sept 16 – Economic Outlook with Ted C. Jones

Posted on July 28, 2014

Does the current economy and real estate market represent the new “normal?” Ted C. Jones, Ph.D., Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at Stewart Title Guaranty Company, will discuss unemployment, job growth, pro...

Sept 18 – Onsite Home Construction 101

Posted on July 24, 2014

Save the date for our second Onsite Home Construction 101 event! See details below and contact us today to sign up. ...

July 2014 Building Business News

Posted on July 22, 2014

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Aug 19 – Kansas City Building Symposium

Posted on July 22, 2014

The KCMO Planning and Development Department has spent the past several months working with a consultant, Zucker and Associates, to conduct an independent analysis of its operations and develop recommendations on how to impro...

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...