NBN Online for the week of November 13, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Owners Expect the Value of Their Homes to Rise, Poll Finds
Professional Remodeling Reduces Lead Levels, Study Shows
Reader Survey: Tell Us What Housing News Is Important to You
Play Builders' Free Online Pro Football. Don't Drop the Ball.
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Coast to Coast
Official Says Bad Data Fueled Rate Cuts, Housing Speculation
Housing Forum
Builder Members, the Future Is in Your Hands
Politics & Government
Builders Prepare to Work With New Democrat-Led Congress
Voters in 10 States Limit Eminent Domain Powers
Economics & Finance
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Tips
Builder's Tip: Coping With Mini-Grinders
Business Management
Six Tips for Getting the Most From Your Business
Changing Market Gives Urban Builders an Edge
50Plus Housing
Learn How to Get Started in Active Adult Housing at IBS
Sales
Hone Your Sales and Marketing Skills at Free Teleconference
IBS
Register for 2007 Builders' Show by Nov. 17 and Save
Education
Education Calendar
Green Building
First Student-Built ‘Green’ Home Follows NAHB Model
Research
Market for Zero Energy Homes Seen as Early as 2012
Building Quality
Contracts With Trades Should Include Six Key Clauses
Legal
Broadband Effort, Park Impact Fee Draw Fire From Builders
Workforce housing
Awards Honor News Coverage of Affordable Housing Crisis
Apply for 2006 Workforce Housing Awards by Nov. 17
Labor
Student Chapter Members Visit National Housing Center
Building Products
New Food Waste Disposers Grind More With Less Noise
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Submissions for Lee S. Evans Scholarships Due by Dec. 8
Association News
Bob Strudler, Chairman at Lennar, Dies at 64
Lexington Homes Honored for 10 ‘Extreme Team’ Projects
New York Builders Recognized for Pediatric Respite House
GM $500 Off Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Awards Honor News Coverage of Affordable Housing Crisis

Apply for 2006 Workforce Housing Awards by Nov. 17

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

Entries must be postmarked by Friday, Nov. 17.

The awards 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, 2004 and Oct. 27, 2006, are eligible to enter.

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.

Winners will receive a glass award and award logo to use in marketing materials. They also will be featured in a press release and in articles in Nation's Building News Online and other NAHB member publications.

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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