NBN Online for the week of July 3, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Buyers Market in California Likely to Be Short-Lived
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff — It's Free
Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published July 10
Report Finds Wide Use of Home Owner Tax Preferences
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Suburban Home, Huge Pantry, Bay Window...No Plumbing
Coast to Coast
Global Housing Boom May Cool Slowly, Avoiding a Crippling Bust
Politics & Government
House-Passed Bill Would Strengthen Flood Insurance
Economics & Finance
U.S., Canada Trade Reps Sign Thorny Lumber Pact
Eye on the Economy: Housing Slowdown Has Distance to Run
Tips
Builder's Tip: How to Center Your Ladder Load
50Plus Housing
Are Boomers Eager to Relive Their College Days?
Remodelers
Time to Start Planning for the 2006 Remodeling Show
Building Systems
Entries Sought for Systems-Building, Marketing Awards
Sales
How to Make Your Design Studio Profitable
International
Trade Mission to Explore Niche Opportunities in Mexico
Mexican Builders Learn More About Concrete Construction
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Green Building
NAHB Headquarters Garners Energy Star Designation
Environment
EPA Effort to Regulate Urban Construction Dust Draws Fire
NAHB, EPA Differ on Best Storm Water Compliance Approach
Legal
Court Says Housing Must Follow Erosion Guidelines
Senators Explore Supreme Court Wetlands Decision
Register for Upcoming Construction Law Seminar
Workforce housing
Apply for 2007 Workforce Housing Awards
Construction Safety
NAHB Meets With OSHA Head to Advance Construction Safety
Labor
Local HBA Pledges Support to HBI’s Project CRAFT
Building Products
EIFS Covered by General Liability Insurance Program
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Construction Scholar Sets Her Sights on Non-Profit Housing
Association News
Fall Board Meets Sept. 13-17 in Salt Lake City
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Find Key Employees Through the NAHB Online Career Center
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Apply for 2007 Workforce Housing Awards

NAHB is now accepting entries for the Innovations in Workforce Housing Awards (IWHA) recognizing outstanding examples of workforce housing communities across the nation that provide decent and affordable homes for nurses, police officers, schoolteachers, retail workers and the like near areas in which they work

The awards also serve to increase awareness of the workforce housing challenge and the ground-breaking solutions implemented by the housing industry, while encouraging builders, developers and related professionals to incorporate such innovative solutions into their own projects.

“These awards bring national attention to the workforce housing problem and to the creative ways in which builders and developers are increasing the supply of housing that is affordable to working families,” said NAHB President David Pressly.

IWHA is open to builders, architects, designers, developers and land planners nationwide. Communities that have been completed, or in which the first model has been opened or the first unit has been occupied between Jan. 1, 2003 and Oct. 27, 2006, are eligible to enter.

Entries must be postmarked by Oct. 27.

Winning entries will be selected by a panel of builders, multifamily and land development experts and other industry professionals. Winners will be announced at the 2007 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla. in February.

For specific entry guidelines and an entry form, click here.

For more information on the awards, click here; or e-mail Blake Smith at NAHB, or call him at 800-368-5242 x8583.


 

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