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In This Issue:

Front Page
Multifamily Builders Snapping Up Land to Offset Costs
FHA Reforms Needed to Spur Homeownership Opportunities
Coast to Coast
Are Our Kitchens Making Us Fat?
Housing Forum
Letter to the Editor: My Love-Hate Affair With Money
Politics & Government
Congress Still Wrestling With Fate of Immigrant Workers
Economics & Finance
Second Home Buyers Account for 40% of 2005 Resales
Eye on the Economy: Fed Policy Shifting Out of Neutral
Tips
Builder's Tip: Self-Made, Low-Cost Crown-Molding Clamps
Business Management
Don’t Be Hard-Headed About Investing in Software You Need
Rumors of Termite-Infected Mulch Untrue
50Plus Housing
Experts to Tell All at Building for Boomers & Beyond
Multifamily
Condo-Hotel, National Condo Developer Earn Top Honors
Construction Safety
OSHA Focusing on Home Builders in Many Locations
Building Systems
Modular the Way to Build on Remote Sites, Brochure Shows
Sales
Listen to Your Moms — Your Primary Customers
Education
Education Calendar
Green Building
Production Home Builders Ready to Build Green
Texas Builder Sees Baby Boomers Turning to Green Building
Research
Public Ready for Zero Energy Homes as Early as 2012
Workforce housing
Web Site Adds Resources on Social Services for Renters
Labor
Trustees Visit Construction Training Programs in Tucson
Building Products
Natural Disaster Survival Helped by Renewable Energy
Builder's Engineer
Getting Paid
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Deadline Nears for Matching Funds Grant Applications
Association News
NAHB Has Free 'New Homes Month' Resources for You
Get Double Discounts on Dell Computer Products in April
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Find Employees Through New NAHB Online Career Center
NAHB Spring Board Meeting May 9-13
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Calendar of Events

April 24-26

Building for Boomers and Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium 2006

Phoenix, Ariz.

April 27 

Construction Forecast Conference — Spring 2006

Washington, D.C.

May 10   

NAHB Legislative Conference

Washington, D.C.

May 10-14

Spring Board of Directors Meeting

Washington, D.C.

May 21-22

Building Systems Councils Modular and Panel Plant Tour

Appleton and Wausau, Wis.

May 23

National Membership Day

Nationwide

June 5-7

2006 NAHB/BALA Design Institute for Builders

Charlotte, N.C.

June 11-13

Building Systems Councils Concrete Tour & Conference

Phoenix, Ariz.

Aug. 1-6

2006 EOC Seminar

Uncasville, Conn.

Aug. 3

2005 EOC Association Excellence Awards

Uncasville, Conn.

Sept. 13-17

Fall Board of Directors Meeting

Salt Lake City, Utah

Oct. 27-29

2006 Custom Builder Symposium

Las Vegas, Nev.

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