The Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) has won the NAHB Grand Award for Numerical Increase and Percentage Increase for our membership efforts in 2015. You can see the full lists of winners at nahb.org/annualawards. Special thank you to all the local home building associations throughout Florida. Without their hard work, this would have not been possible!
A group of four state lawmakers addressed Okaloosa County Realtors and builders Tuesday morning at an event that felt a little like the beginning of a farewell tour. As state Sen. Don Gaetz pointed out to those assembled, a long-familiar Northwest Florida legislative delegation is going to look drastically different when state lawmakers next convene …
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Stella Homes a Custom Homebuilder and Renovation Company has announced today that they have completed all of the requisite steps to become a licensed real estate corporation. Speaking from their corporate offices in downtown DeLand; company President, Brandon Garrett said, “As of today we have met all of the requirements put forth by the licensing …
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The Future Builders of America (FBA) has hired Cindy Hall of Eco Solutions Marketing, Inc. to be the new Executive Director of the Florida Home Builder’s Charitable Foundation – Future Builders of America. The mission and goal of the FBA is to promote and assist students in pursuing careers in the construction industry and related …
Faced with a looming legal battle, Estero Fire Rescue District officials decided to back off their controversial sprinkler ordinance. Immediately after an hourlong private session with their lawyer last week, the fire district’s commissioners unanimously repealed their ordinance that required automatic fire sprinkler systems in new one- and two-family homes built in the district, Dick …
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I am pleased to report to the FHBA membership that the Estero Fire Rescue District voted to repeal its resolution requiring sprinklers in all new construction of one and two family dwellings. Â Three weeks ago, the Lee Building Industry Association (BIA) and the Florida Home Builders Association (FHBA) jointly filed a motion seeking judicial injunction …
Home builders have taken legal action against the Estero Fire Rescue District. This all over a new law that would require automatic sprinkler systems in new homes in the Estero fire district. The lawsuit filed by the Florida Home Builders Association and Lee Building Homebuilders Association claims the ordinance doesn’t follow state law, and home …
Sprinklers Create Estero Fire vs. Home Builder Legal Battle Read More »
Late last week, Lee BIA and FHBA filed an injunction to halt a resolution going into effect in the Estero District of Lee County. This comes as a result of the Estero Fire Rescue District’s misguided policy, mandating that one and two family dwellings in their area be built with sprinkler systems. The joint suit …
Two weeks after Mori Hosseini stepped down from his role as chair of the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida, Gov. Rick Scott has appointed him to the University of Florida Board of Trustees. Hosseini, 60, chairman and chief executive officer of Daytona Beach-based homebuilder ICI Homes, has committed to a …
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It’s been almost three years since Robin Harris had a roof that didn’t leak. Not that she let the problem go. The 57-year-old school bus contractor and grandmother of 12 already paid to fix it. Twice. The third time, it was free. The Northeast Florida Builders Association’s Remodelers Council on Tuesday brought roofing shingles, gutters, …
NEFBA Member On Why He Wanted To Help Woman Scammed Read More »
