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Week of May 26, 2003

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President's Message

* June Is National Homeownership Month

Housing and Economics

* Reports Show Positive Local Economic Impact of Housing
* Spotline on: Dallas
* Eye on the Economy

Housing Politics

* Sen. Graham Offers Support for Homeownership Tax Credit
* Bill Addresses Reducing Wildfires in National Forests

State and Local

* Construction Defect Laws Help Restore Liability Insurance
* Builders Watching How States Remedy Budget Deficits
* Arizona Workers Feel Housing Affordability Squeeze
* Report Tackles Misperceptions About Housing and Growth

Building Quality

* Housing Quality Awards Accepting Remodeler Entries

Legal Issues

* NAHB Litigators Support Property Owner Rights
* NAHB Works to Open Federal Courts for Land Use Cases

Codes and Standards

* Home Ventilation Committee Seeks New Members
* ICC Approves Low-Cost Foundations for Remodelers and Builders

Member Dividends

* NAHB Helps Oklahoma Builders Advance Impact Fee Alternatives

Seniors Housing

* Center Provides Information on Housing for Seniors
* NAHB Supports Voluntary ‘Visitability’
* Four Named 2003 Icons of the Seniors Housing Industry

Business Management

* Don't Put the CAD Before Your Product

Sales and Marketing

* Ask a MIRM About Standard and Upgraded Features and Finishes

Multifamily

* Rep. Johnson Honored for Commitment to Affordable Housing

Labor

* Nashville Looks to Training for Safer Communities

Building Products

* New York Requires More Wind-Resistant Windows

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Four New Members Inducted Into National Housing Hall of Fame
* HomeAid Assisting Homeless Veterans

NBN Back Issues

 

Reports Show Positive Local Economic Impact of Housing

NAHB’s Local Impact Model is helping builders associations and members around the country estimate the local economic benefits of home building, including new income and jobs for residents.

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.


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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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