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Home Builders' Focus on Affordable Homes 'Energizes' Richmond Market

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Thu, 11/05/2020 - 10:11. Richmond-based builder Center Creek Homes only launched two years ago, but is making waves in the city by building low-income housing. The most recent build takes land previously zoned for two single-family homes and will now house five smaller attached homes. cbroderick.

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:30. True Homes is Pro Builder 's 2020 Builder of the Year, in large part because of the home builder's purpose-driven company culture, which is yielding truly amazing results. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor. And it works.

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Less Than Half of All U.S. Counties are Affordable for Homeownership

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As of the fourth quarter of 2020, only 41% of counties nationwide are affordable to become a homeowner for Americans making the country’s average salary. Counties deemed unaffordable are those with housing costs exceeding 28% of the average household income. Less Than Half of All U.S. Counties are Affordable for Homeownership.

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A Possible Solution to Today's Housing Crisis

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Mon, 10/05/2020 - 10:07. Rather than density, floor-to-area ratio, lot coverage and other zoning formulas, Parolek’s analysis focuses on design characteristics such as height, shape (form), unit layout, and ideal building dimensions. A Possible Solution to Today's Housing Crisis. cbroderick.

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#102:  The State of Residential Construction

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higher than May 2020). In the long term, I also see some positive incentives to residential construction as a result of tax and monetary policies: On June 21 Governor Sununu signed into law HB-154 , which enables municipalities to offer community revitalization tax incentives for the construction of low-income housing.

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When office-to-residential conversion works

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Office buildings are worth more” than residential as income generators, she explains. Zoned business districts cease to function after 6 p.m.” Eliminating single-use zoning so people can live throughout the city, where all of its districts thrive at all times, is a “net positive,” he says.

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NAHB—Making a Difference for Its Members

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The unprecedented challenges our nation faced in 2020 led to numerous changes in the way we live, work, and spend our everyday lives. Americans Agree on Strict Building Codes for Fire, Flood Zones. Chuck Fowke, 2021 NAHB Chairman. NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades. How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Affordability.

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