April 2018
Are You and Your Employees Registered to Vote?
Campaign season is right around the corner and will culminate on election night – November 6th. The Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) and your local home builders association will interview and endorse candidates who will be supportive of our industry. To ensure these efforts are successful on election day – be sure you and your …
Impact Fees Symposium @ SEBC
SEBC will host an Impact Fees Symposium on Friday, August 17, from 10:00 – 12:00 pm at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. Lucy Gallo, a foremost expert on impact fees, will focus on the most prevalent methods that local governments use to increase their fees. Lucy Gallo is a principal …
Updated: Constitutional Revision Commission Considering Employment Verification
The FHBA, along with a substantial number of business interests, have taken a position of opposition to an issue being considered by the Constitutional Revision Commission (CRC). Specifically amendment 6010 – Employment Verification. This amendment would place a burden on all business to verify the citizenship status of each employee and is being considered this …
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FHBA Lunch & Learn Webinar: 2018 Proposed Building Code Amendments
Join in as FHBA’s building code expert, Joe Belcher, and Director of Governmental Affairs, Douglas Buck, review the upcoming amendments to the code cycle, and offer an overview of the newly established amendment approval process. This lunch & learn webinar is a two-part series, with Part 1 starting Wednesday, May 9, from 11:30 am – …
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The Lucian Condominium Receives Top Green Certification
The Florida Green Building Coalition, FGBC, has awarded eight Alys Beach condominium residences, located within the property’s mixed-use building The Lucian, recipients of the Platinum certification. Designed by Khoury & Vogt Architects, four of the eight condominiums, Lucian Units # 201, 202, 203, and 301 were named Finalists in FGBC’s Highest Scoring Green Multi-Family award category, …
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FHBA Award Nominations Now Open!
FHBA is pleased to announce that nominations for the awards listed below are open and that winners will be announced during the 2018 Southeast Building Conference (SEBC) in August. The actual award ceremony will be held during our Fall Leadership Conference (October 3-6 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, …
HOME Investment Partnership Funding (HOME) Workshop
via Ron Lieberman, FHBA Representative to the Florida Housing Financing Corporation As the Florida Home Builders Representative to the Florida Housing Financing Corporation, I want to alert all FHBA members interested in Affordable Housing programs to participate in an upcoming workshop. Florida Housing Finance Corporation will hold a workshop to discuss possible uses for HOME …
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Florida Is Above the National Home Building Employment Average
The new NAHB study presents the most recent and comprehensive estimates of home building employment, including self-employed workers, by state. NAHB Economics estimates that out of 9.8 million people working in construction in 2016, more than 3.8 million people worked in residential construction, accounting for 2.5% of the US employed civilian labor force…read more
Save the Date! FBA Giving Challenge Day
Save the date…and be part of the solution! Help grow our skilled workforce by supporting the Future Builders of America (FBA) during the 2018 Giving Challenge. The 24-hour Giving Challenge Fundraising Event will be from 12:00 PM May 1, 2018 thru 12:00 PM May 2, 2018. ALL donations from $25.00 – $100.00 will be matched …