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Reports Show Positive Local Economic Impact of Housing

To date, NAHB’s Housing Policy Department has produced more than 240 of these customized reports, and they show that the economic impact of home building is substantial.

The results have been used to counter local attempts to impose growth boundaries, increase impact fees or adopt other anti-growth measures. They have also been used to obtain approval for individual construction projects.

NAHB members have used the results to defend particular projects, and as support to gain zoning or permit approval.

To see more information on the average economic impact of housing for a typical U.S. city, click here.

The reports take no more than 10 calendar days to complete once all the necessary data has been collected.

More rapid turn-around is possible where zoning or project approval decisions, or hearings on impact fees or other anti-growth measures, are imminent.

The reports are backed up with technical documentation explaining how the best available data sources, justifiable assumptions and rigorous analytical techniques have been used to generate the results.

Beginning this year, NAHB has instituted a new pricing schedule for customized local impact reports. In most cases, requests for the reports should come through a state or local home builders association.

For more information, contact your local association, or e-mail Elliot Eisenberg or call him at 800-368-5242 x8398.

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