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NAHB Chairman's Letter: Finding Common Ground. Chuck Fowke, NAHB 2021 Chairman. While some in our industry are cautious about a new administration, the goal of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has not wavered. W2W4 at NAHB. ?Looking Want to know what the numbers mean for the industry?
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are embracing HBI resources to educate and train the next generation of skilled laborers . For decades, the majority of high school students have followed a college-bound pathway post-graduation while technical education took the backseat, but that may be changing, according to NAHB. Education + Training.
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