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Incoming NAHB Chairman Jerry Konter on Regaining a Culture of Membership

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Incoming NAHB Chairman Jerry Konter on Regaining a Culture of Membership. as well as serving in various roles in his local NAHB chapter. as well as serving in various roles in his local NAHB chapter. Pro Builder: What are your goals as NAHB chairman in 2022? PB: You’ve come up through the ranks of NAHB leadership.

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Time to Bring Housing Home to Elected Officials

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NAHB is promoting "Bringing Housing Home," an outreach for builders to meet and contact their elected officials about issues affecting the industry. Chuck Fowke, NAHB Chairman. Fighting to keep housing a priority in Congress is at the core of what we do at the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ).

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How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Home Affordability

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NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. Design regulations are supposed to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents, but superficial and excessive rules that price lower- and moderate-income families out of the market should not be prioritized over the need to address the housing affordability problem. Building Materials.

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NAHB Talks Lumber Concerns with Commerce Secretary

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NAHB Talks Lumber Concerns with Commerce Secretary. Since mid-April, lumber prices have increased nearly 170%, according to NAHB. NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke has called on US officials to end the high tariffs from Canadian lumber imports and to increase lumber production from domestic mills. Building Materials. cbroderick.

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Why Builders Wait to See Lower Lumber Prices

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NAHB Policy Brief | Lumber prices have moderated, but lower costs haven't worked their way to builders; New home prices too expensive for lower-income households. New-Home Prices Squeeze Out Lower-Income Households . ABOUT NAHB: The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington, D.C.-based Building Materials.

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How to Navigate Appraisals Amid Volatile Building Material Prices

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How to Navigate Appraisals Amid Volatile Building Material Prices. From softwood lumber to gypsum, builders are facing new highs in building material prices and new delays in shipments. Building Materials. Building Materials. cbroderick. Wed, 02/24/2021 - 09:29. Our price increase was to cover cost increases.

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Solutions to Housing Affordability

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One side was summarized by “Deregulate construction, deregulate banking, deregulate oil exploration, freeze environmental regulations, and stop raising taxes,” while the opposite end of the spectrum can be characterized by “Housing [that] enjoys government preference [if sold] only to urban, low-income families.”.

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