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- Single-Family Builders: Tell Us How Rising Costs Are Impacting Your Bottom Line April 18, 2024Builders’ bottom lines across the country are being squeezed by rising material, labor and land costs. NAHB’s Economics team is in the process of measuring the impact of increased costs on builders’ profitability. And we need your help.
- Learn Strategies for Managing Cold Stress on Jobsites April 18, 2024Each time winter weather rolls around, a new threat to residential construction workers emerges: cold stress. It is important for jobsite managers to know how to protect workers in low temperatures, recognize the signs of injuries and plan for common hazards, including icy roads and walkways.
- Podcast: Housing Affordability and What Policymakers Can Do to Solve It April 17, 2024In the latest episode of NAHB's podcast, Housing Developments, hosts CEO Jim Tobin and COO Paul Lopez discuss the latest economic data and what is happening nationwide as the housing affordability crisis continues to be a key issue.
- Biden Administration Releases Decarbonization Plan for Homes and Buildings April 17, 2024The U.S. Department of Energy recently released an ambitious blueprint for decarbonizing buildings in the country, including homes, with a stated goal to reduce carbon emissions from buildings 90% by 2050 compared with the 2005 baseline.
- New NAHB Resource for State and Local Housing Advocates April 16, 2024The State Affairs is a new quarterly newsletter to keep members of the Federation informed of key state and local housing issues.
- Housing Starts Fall on Interest Rate, Financing Concerns April 16, 2024Overall housing starts decreased 14.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.32 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Within this overall number, single-family starts decreased 12.4% to a 1.02 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. The multifamily sector decreased […]
- NAHB’s Latest Advocacy Wins, and What’s Next April 15, 2024NAHB advocates for its members year-round on various issues affecting residential construction. Now, members can watch short-form videos directly from NAHB&rsquo's staff experts about housing industry-related legislative and regulatory matters.
- Register Now for the NAHB Virtual Townhall Meetings April 15, 2024NAHB's Senior Officers will host a series of Virtual Townhall Meetings on Thursday, May 9, for members and HBA leadership to discuss emerging issues in their local communities.
- Builder Sentiment Unchanged in April April 15, 2024Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 51 in April, unchanged from March, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. This breaks a four-month period of gains for the index, which nonetheless remains above the key breakeven point of 50.
- Supreme Court Rules that Legislation Does Not Protect Improper Impact Fees April 12, 2024Following a unanimous decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today, California home owners, builders and developers may now challenge improper local impact fees for housing development even if the fees are authorized by legislation.