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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Prevail Against Costly Energy Code Change
Builders Offer $100,000 Reward to Nab ELF Saboteurs
Builders Confront Price Spikes in Devastated Areas
Coast to Coast
Gulf Home Owners Face Shortage of Contractors, Materials
Housing Forum
Builders Fire Back at O'Reilly for His Disparaging Remarks
Politics & Government
House Improves Endangered Species Act
State Infrastructure Finance Alternatives Examined
‘Reality Check’ Helps Localities Prepare for Growth
SLGA Awards: Nominate Officials Who Stand Up for Housing
Economics & Finance
August New Home Sales Drop After July Surge
Regulators to Collect Additional AD&C Loan Data
Tips
Builders' Tip: Hassle-Free Door Painting
Legal Issues
Florida Builders Battle High School Impact Fee
Business Management
Custom Builder Symposium Relocated to Atlanta
Disaster Relief
Preparing for Disasters for Owners and Contractors
Homeland Security Relaxes Worker Documentation Following Katrina
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Disaster Assessment
Remodelers
Character Counts: A Lesson Learned…the Hard Way
Building Systems
Systems-Built SHOWCASE Relocates to Louisville
Education
HBA Membership Planners’ Conference Coming Nov. 11-13
Education Calendar
Building Quality
2006 Housing Quality Award Winners Announced
Research
PATH New Housing Technology Inventory Redesigned
International
NAHB Involved in Effort to Improve Housing in Japan
Construction Safety
Washington Home Builder Recognized for Safety Program
Workforce housing
Collaboration Helps Developer Build Affordable Homes
Labor
Project CRAFT Students Join Katrina Relief Efforts
Building Products
Laminated Glass Withstands High Impacts
TV
This Week on HGTV & DIY With NAHB
Endowment
Endowment Offers Student Grants to Attend IBS
Association News
Still Time to Apply to Serve on NAHB Committees
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Save on Dell™ Computer Products
Save More With BuilderBooks.com Rewards
Calendar of Events

Endowment Offers Student Grants to Attend IBS

The National Housing Endowment, NAHB Past Presidents Council and the Home Builders Institute, the workforce arm of NAHB, are offering grants to NAHB Student Chapter members to attend the upcoming International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Fla.

The NAHB Past Presidents/National Housing Endowment Matching Funds Program will provide the grants to the students through their state and local home builders associations (HBAs). Attending the builders’ show has proven to be instrumental in helping students learn outside the classroom and prepare for careers in the home building industry.

Applications currently are being mailed to all NAHB Student Chapters and HBA executive officers. They will also be available online at the Home Builders Institute’s Web site, www.hbi.org.

Applications must be returned to the Home Builders Institute by Friday, Oct. 28.

For more information, e-mail Page Browning at HBI, or call her 800-368-5242 x8918.

Additional scholarship opportunities available through the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, may be found at www.nationalhousingendowment.com.


 

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