NBN Online for the week of March 27, 2006

Green Home First to Use NAHB Guidelines in a Subdivision

The green home building movement received a major boost on March 13 with an announcement by Cherokee Investment Partners that it is building a demonstration home under the NAHB Model Green Home Building Guidelines that will be the first of its kind in a traditional subdivision.

The acquisition firm, which is a world leader in sustainable revitalization of environmentally impaired properties, said that its Mainstream GreenHome has been designed to look and function as a traditional home and will be used to persuade conventional builders and the home buying public to embrace green building on a national level. It is being built by Corban Homes. The announcement was made in Albuquerque, N.M. in conjunction with the NAHB Green Building Conference.

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Working Families With Children Locked Out of Homeownership

Despite White House efforts over the last three administrations to boost homeownership opportunities among low- and moderate-income households, especially minorities, working families with children remain underrepresented among the ranks of the nation’s home owners, according to a new study by the Center for Housing Policy, the research affiliate of the National Housing Conference.

Based on the biannual American Housing Survey, the study — “Locked Out: Keys to Homeownership Elude Many Working Families With Children” —  found that the homeownership rate of working families with children was 59.6% in 2003, three percentage points lower than it was in 1978 and 8.7 points below a homeownership rate of 68.3% for all U.S. households — despite small but steady gains since 1991.

Find Employees Through New NAHB Online Career Center

  
NAHB is hosting an online building industry-oriented career center that provides members with a cost-effective recruiting solution that makes locating qualified candidates and advertising open positions faster and easier.

NAHB members using the NAHB Career Center will receive a 20% discount off of standard rates for job postings. For a complete listing of all rates, click here. 

The career center can be found on:

• NAHB's Web site by visiting www.nahb.org/careers
• Nation’s Building News "NAHB Career Center" section. The career center is  a regular feature of Nation's Building News. 
  
  

The career center was created in collaboration with ConstructionJobs.com, a leading employment resource for the construction, design and building industries.

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