FHBA is calling all interested residential contractor members to apply for the open seat on the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors, which will be appointed by Governor Rick Scott. We need builder-friendly applicants who will continue to promote the mission and purpose of Florida Housing while offering a homebuilder’s perspective. FHBA…
Jay Carlson, president of Carlson & Soforth in Punta Gorda, will be inducted by the Florida Home Builders Association into the Florida Housing Hall of Fame this November. The honor is for the dedication and improvements he has made to the building industry locally and throughout the state of Florida. Since 1990, the primary mission
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The state spent a little over $2 million guarding Gov. Rick Scott in 2015-16, records show, an increase over the $1.8 million spent the year before. Every summer, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement releases a “Transportation and Protective Services” report, detailing the cost of security for the Governor, the First Lady, their family and the
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Size matters, especially in housing, but preferences can change quickly, and that is the case today. Small is happening in a big way. For the first time since the recession, home size is shrinking. Median single-family square floor area fell from the first to the second quarter of this year by 73 feet, according to
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With spring-selling season far behind us and summertime coming to a close, it’s prime time for builders to look back on their performance in the first half of 2016, re-assess annual goals, identify areas for improvement, and scope out new opportunities. As the risk-reward balance can be tricky to gauge when expanding to a new
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Numbers on the Rise for the Region’s Premier Building Conference For Immediate Release: Twenty percent more residential and commercial construction exhibitors. Sixty percent more building industry educational offerings. And, a 100 percent new location. This year’s Southeast Building Conference (SEBC), held on July 28-29, 2016 in Kissimmee, Florida, was reflective of the region’s current homebuilding
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FHBA President-election Jeremy Stewart addressed the Officer of Insurance Regulation early last week. Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier held the public hearing in response to the 19.6% proposed workers compensation increase as recommended by the National Council of Compensation Insurers (NCCI). Click here to view Jeremy’s testimony which focused on the impact of the proposed workers
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Construction Workforce Taskforce has been established via state legislation to address the shortage of skilled crafts people and inspectors training in Florida. The taskforce will discuss and recommend methods for craft workers and inspectors in the state of Florida. Click here to stay up-to-date on all announcements, taskforce minutes, communications, and legislation.
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Congratulations to all the local associations that opened their doors this spring to welcome new members to our Federation. The results are in for the winners of the 2016 Spring Membership Drive. These associations had the highest percentage increase of new Builder and Associate members in April and May in their respective group size categories. (As a
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Primary Voting, Yeah It Is That Important! Before you cast that primary ballot, check out the FHB PAC website. Hover over the county you vote in and click. What will appear is a list of state and national candidates that received some form of support from the federation (Local, State or National). Though the official primary
