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Week of December 13, 2004

Front Page

* Lofty Housing Prices Putting Communities Off Limits to Workers, Symposium Hears
* BuilderBooks.com Job Site Safety Survey — Your Opinion Counts
* South Carolina Builders Defeat Impact Fee Referendum
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* Building a Foundation for Workforce Housing

Housing Forum

* Freddie Mac Initiatives Address Workforce Housing

Workforce Housing

* Jackson Pledges to Dismantle Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
* Former HUD Secretaries Address Workforce Housing Issue
* Working Families Losing Ground in Housing Market
* Partnerships Provide Local Solutions to Workforce Housing Needs
* Housing Supply Needs to Catch Up With Demand to Reduce Price Pressures

Housing and Economics

* Incomes in California Increasingly Lagging Behind Escalating Home Prices

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Should You Charge for an Estimate?
* CGRs Make A Difference, Especially When It’s All in the Family

Seniors Housing

* Security Is a Primary Concern of Seniors

Regulation

* HUD Announces Program to Honor Communities for Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing

Green Building

* Texas Builders Raise the Standard for Residential Energy Efficiency

Environment

* Air Pollution Cut in Half, EPA Announces

Builders' Show

* Make Your IBS Plans by Dec. 17 — and Save

Commercial Builders

* YWCA Homeless Facility in Seattle Wins Top Commercial Building Award
* MasterFormat Retooled for Today’s Increasingly Complex Buildings

Women's Council

* Builders in Saginaw Visit Elementary School Classrooms

Building Systems

* New Courses Cover Cast-in-Place Concrete Foundations and ICFs

Business Management

* IRS Reduces Small Business Unemployment Tax Reporting Requirements
* ‘Find’-ing Your Way Through QuickBooks® Without Going Crazy
* Get Answers to IT Problems and Software Questions at New Builder Tech Forums at IBS

Building Quality

* Builders Report Profitable Results From Attention to Quality

Labor

* Scholarship Enables Job Corps Students to Start Housing Industry Careers

Building Products

* Fire Alarm System Uses a Single Pair of Wires

Builder's Engineer

* My Favorite Marketing Story

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Earn NAHB WorldPointssm Rewards When You Charge
* Awards Programs Deadlines
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Calendar of Events

2005

   

Jan. 12 

Best in American Living Awards 

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13-16

The International Builders' Show 

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13 

2004 Council & Individual Leadership Awards 

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13 

techHomExpo

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13 

2005 Best of Seniors Housing Design and Marketing Awards

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13 

EnergyValue Housing Awards

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13

Innovation in Workforce Housing Awards 

N/A

Jan. 13

National Housing Endowment/Home Builders Care Project of the Year Award 

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13 

The Nationals — National Sales & Marketing Awards

Orlando, FL 

March 13-15

National Green Building Conference 

Atlanta, GA

March 13 

National Green Building Awards 

Atlanta, GA 

April 3-6 

Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Conference & Awards Gala

Miami, FL 

April 13-17 

NAHB Spring Board of Directors Meeting

Washington, DC 

May 16-18 

Building for Boomers & Beyond: Seniors Housing Symposium 2005 

Chantilly, VA 

June 13-15 

NAHB/BALA Design Institute for Builders

Denver, CO 

Aug. 9-13 

2005 EOC Seminar

Big Sky, MT 

Nov. 17-19 

2005 State and Local Government Affairs Conference 

Phoenix, AZ

To view more meetings & events information on the NAHB Web site, click here.


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