NBN Online for the week of April 25, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
• Builders Testify on Housing Finance System Reform
• Will You Be the Next Winner of a Digital Camera?
• Builders Make Annual Trek to Capitol Hill
Layouts for Living
• Floor Plans: Concrete Custom Home Conquers Unworkable Lot
Coast to Coast
• Studies: Gentrification a Boost for Everyone
Politics & Government
• Storm Water Rules Contribute to High Housing Costs
• Homeownership Tax Credit Bills Introduced
• Pombo Pledges Meaningful Endangered Species Reform
• Bill Halts Tenant Bankruptcy Abuse
• House Acts to Permanently Repeal Estate Tax
• Lawmakers Urge Bush to End Lumber Tariffs
• Association Health Plan Efforts Move Forward
Economics & Finance
• Home Starts Slow in March From 32-Year High
• Builders Remain Upbeat in April
• Eye on the Economy
• VA Secretary Urges Builders to Hire Young Veterans
Tips
• Builders’ Tip: Self-Centering Router Base
Business Management
• Back Up Your Company Data — Before It's Too Late
Codes and Standards
• Members Urged to Help Defeat Costly Code Changes
Builders Show
• Builders’ Show Too Big for Atlanta in 2007, 2008
Multifamily
• Sen. Corzine Wins Affordable Housing Award
Remodelers
• May is National Home Remodeling Month
Construction Safety
• Precautions Needed for Working in Hot Weather
Education
• Concrete Technologies Tour: Turning Gray Matter Into Green
• Education Calendar
Green Building
• Employees Learn About Green Building on Earth Day
Environment
• Builders Advocate ESA Reform at U.S. Interior Meeting
Women
• Distinguish Yourself Through Advanced Technology
Building Systems
• Tour to Visit Modular and Panelized Plants
• Standard for Residential Concrete Walls Being Developed
Labor
• Job Corps Students Participate in NAHB Family Build
• Job Corps Grads Fill Labor Needs in Arizona
Building Products
• Seminar Examines Cold-Formed Steel Design
Builder's Engineer
• Basement Snorkeling
TV
• Members Build a Basement on The History Channel
• NAHB Production Group Calendar of Shows — This Week
Association news
• Totem Pole a ‘Thank You’ for Roadless Rule Efforts
• Tsunami Shelter Fund to Support Construction Center, 'Home Builders Care Village'
• National Housing Endowment Names Roger Pastore to Board of Trustees, Founding Advocates
• Get GM Discount on More Than 80 Vehicles
• Calendar of Events

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Builders Testify on Housing Finance System Reform

Floor Plans: Concrete Custom Home Conquers Unworkable Lot

Builders Make Annual Trek to Capitol Hill

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