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NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades

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NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades. Chuck Fowke named NAHB's new chair; a look at new single-family home inventory. NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. NAHB will work with Congress, the White House, and federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers and increase housing production.

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Construction Excluded From New OSHA Standard

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NAHB Policy Briefing | NAHB input on OSHA standard to protect workers from COVID-19; real estate values rise. NAHB argued that residential construction should not be included under the standard because the nature of new-home building and remodeling makes them a much lower risk for virus transmission. Regulations.

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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.

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New Guidelines for Determining Worker Status

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NAHB Policy Briefing: Proposed rule will change how the Department of Labor determines employee/independent contractor status; latest Housing Market Index shows builder confidence declining. NAHB supports enforcement of the rules on the classification of workers, including the current FLSA rule. Thu, 11/03/2022 - 08:00. 13, the U.S.

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Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

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in 2020 occurred on construction jobsites, and between 25% and 30% of those deaths were related to home building activities, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ). In fact, more than one-fifth of the 4,764 workplace fatalities in the U.S.

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NAHB and Trump Working to Reopen the Country

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NAHB and Trump Working to Reopen the Country. NAHB policy proposals for helping the housing industry lead the nation out of the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic and survey of how builders responded to COVID-19. ABOUT NAHB: The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington, D.C.-based

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