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Builders Ready To Work With White House, Congress To Extend Home Buyer Tax Credit

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

October 6, 2009 – The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended the White House for recognizing the success of the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit and said that extending the program past its Dec. 1 expiration date will help to bolster the economy.

“The tax credit has clearly had a positive effect on housing demand and in the job market,” said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. “We stand ready to work with President Obama and the Congress to extend and enhance the tax credit to help reduce foreclosures and excess housing inventories, to stabilize home values and to push housing and the economy on a glide path to recovery.”

NAHB estimates conservatively that approximately 200,000 additional home sales are attributable to the tax credit and that it has resulted in a net increase of 187,000 jobs. Extending the credit through Nov. 30, 2010 and making it available to all purchasers of a principal residence would result in an additional 383,000 home sales and generate 347,000 new jobs in the coming year.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said yesterday that “there has been quite a bit of success” with the home buyer tax credit. He added that President Obama is considering extending the tax credit to strengthen the economy and create jobs. “Housing is the best opportunity to put this country back to work. Prompt congressional action on the tax credit is a crucial first step to shoring up the fragile housing recovery and leading the economy to higher ground,” said Robson.

Source: http://www.nahb.org

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NAHB National Green Building Awards

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

November 6, 2008 – The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced today that applications are now being accepted for the 2009 NAHB National Green Building Awards.

The prestigious annual awards honor home builders, remodelers, home builders’ associations and other organizations for advancing green building through innovative design and construction techniques, excellent educational programs and successful advocacy efforts.

The awards are presented at a gala dinner during the NAHB National Green Building Conference. The 11th annual conference is set for May 8-10 in Dallas.

The awards are part of the NAHB National Green Building Program, NAHBGreen, which includes education, advocacy, marketing and certification services for green homes. Since NAHBGreen debuted in February 2008, homes have been certified in 20 states.

”Between 2006 and 2008, the number of award applications quadrupled. The tremendous growth of this program reflects the growth of green building practices all over the country,” said NAHB Green Building Subcommittee Chair Ray Tonjes, a home builder in Austin, Texas.

Organizers have made a number of improvements to this year’s entry process to make it even easier to apply. To conserve paper, all applications must be submitted by mail on a compact disk. No binders or other application packets will be accepted. The entry deadline is Jan. 31, 2008.

NAHB has also introduced the Advocate of the Year – State and Local Government Award to honor individuals or teams that promote green initiatives and go the extra mile to advance sustainable building and development strategies in their communities. Applications for this award must be submitted by the home builders’ association in that jurisdiction.

Building and remodeling projects must have been started after June 2007 and substantially completed by December 2008 to be considered for an award.

Project entries can be scored to the green certification program of the applicant’s choice, but must also be scored to the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines – the rating system for NAHBGreen – to facilitate judging. NAHBGreen’s online scoring tool will generate checklists that can easily be saved to the submission disk. The rating system can also be downloaded at www.nahbgreen.org.

Tonjes himself was honored at the 2008 NAHB National Green Building Awards in New Orleans with the Lifetime Advocacy Award. Tonjes, a longtime subcommittee chair, speaks frequently on NAHB’s green building efforts.

Information on the awards process, including the mailing address and downloadable entry forms, are available at www.nahb.org/greenbuildingawards.

Source: NHBA/Green Builders Info

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NAHBGreen Expands Through State, Local Builder Association Affiliation

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

October 15, 2008 – The state home builder associations of Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York and Oklahoma have affiliated with the NAHB National Green Building Program, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chairman Sandy Dunn announced this morning.

The new affiliation makes it even easier for home buyers in those states to find green homes and provides additional technical training, education and business opportunities for HBA members.

“I’m delighted to welcome the home builders in these seven states to the certification services offered through NAHBGreen,” said Dunn, who is a home builder in Point Pleasant, W. Va.,. “Our members are looking for an authentic, cost-effective and voluntary way to offer certified green homes to their clients, and they will find it in www.NAHBGreen.com.”

In addition to serving as a gateway to green home certification services, NAHBGreen-affiliated programs offer green building seminars and classes to their members, including the Green Building for Building Professionals class required for builders, remodelers and others seeking the Certified Green Professional educational designation from the NAHB University of Housing. Nearly 1,300 industry professionals have earned the designation since its February introduction.

Buyers seeking homes built with energy-, water- and resource-efficient features can call their local home building associations to find green builders in their area – or meet them at the Parades of Homes, Green Home Expos and other consumer events sponsored by affiliated programs.

Seven local HBAs also affiliated with NAHBGreen last week:

Huntsville / Madison County, Ala., Builders Association

Northern Idaho Building Contractors Association

Home Builders Association of Jackson, Miss.

Lake Norman, N.C., Home Builders Association

Wilmington-Cape Fear, N.C., Home Builders Association

Johnson City, Tenn., Area Home Builders Association

Building Industry Association of Clark County, Wash.

“The future of home building is green, and if you don’t get ahead of it now, you’ll be left behind,” noted Jeff Stokley, president of the Wilmington-Cape Fear HBA. His HBA is encouraging its members to become Certified Green Professionals and building up its ranks of home verifiers so builders can draw on their expertise as well.

Stokley himself has broken ground on a 1,132-unit development in which he expects each home to achieve at least NAHB silver-level certification. The development will open in the spring.

National Green Building Certification is administered by the NAHB Research Center, which trains and accredits local verifiers to inspect homes in their area. NAHB oversees the educational offerings, including the annual NAHB National Green Building Conference, which takes place May 8-10, 2009 in Dallas, and the NAHB National Green Building Awards.