This past Saturday evening, FHBA leadership was honored to represent the industry at the Republican Party Victory Dinner. Representing the FHBA were President-Elect, Bill Truex,...
Archive for category: National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
07.092018February 12, 2019
Florida Members Make the NAHB Spike Wall of Fame
The NAHB Spike Wall of Fame is dedicated to the outstanding men and women whose vision and talents have grown the federation. Member-to-member recruitment and...
03.082018February 12, 2019
Report from NAHB Mid-Year Meeting
Florida was well represented at the NAHB Mid-year meeting. In spite of being hosted on the West Coast, over 30 members of the Florida delegation...
27.072018February 12, 2019
NAHB, HBI Pledge to Train 50,000 Workers Over Next 5 Years
Attending a White House event on workforce development, NAHB Chairman Randy Noel pledged that NAHB and the Home Builders Institute (HBI) will educate and train...
16.062018February 12, 2019
Legislative Summer Hiatus Does Not Result in Rest for Governmental Affairs
By Candace YeagerIn Advocacy, FHB PAC, FHBA News, Florida Building Code, Legislative, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
It is that time of year, the beginning of summer break when members often ask what are the Governmental Affairs activities since the legislature in...
15.062018February 12, 2019
NAHB Recognizes Local HBA’s!
Congratulations to Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association and the Builders Association of South Florida on being recognized by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Executive...
06.042018February 12, 2019
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...
30.032018February 12, 2019
Tell Your Member of Congress to Urge President Trump to Re-Start Softwood Lumber Trade Negotiations with Canada
via the National Association of Home Builders Since January of last year, rising lumber prices have increased the price of an average single-family home by...
22.032018February 12, 2019
Introducing Amazon Business for NAHB Members
EO Dana Kelso had been using her personal Amazon Prime account to order paper and other products for the Builders Association of South Central Oklahoma. Then...
02.032018February 12, 2019
January Starts, Sales Tell Different Stories
via NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz Total housing starts posted strong gains in January, up almost 10% to a 1.33 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. Single-family construction...