Tag: legislative
House Panel Set to Approve HUD Funding for Fiscal 2018
The House T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee is expected this evening to approve a spending bill for HUD for fiscal 2018, which starts Oct. 1, 2017.
How You Can Support a Thriving Home Building Industry
Weren’t able to join us at the nation’s capital to lobby Congress for a strong and vibrant home building industry? You can still add your voice so that we are heard on Capitol Hill.
NAHB’s Key Issues for the 2017 Legislative Conference
NAHB has developed videos and a brochure detailing key legislative and regulatory issues for the home building industry.
New Leg Con Resources Make it Easy to Get Involved
More than 650 members have already registered for NAHB’s 2017 Legislative Conference on June 14, and we’ve created some new resources to help ensure your congressional delegation meetings are a success.
House Panel Approves Bill to Ease Tight Credit Conditions
The legislation includes provisions to address challenging credit conditions that home builders and home buyers continue to experience as a result of an overzealous regulatory response to the recent financial crisis.
House Passes GOP Health Care Bill
The House today approved legislation designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also commonly known as Obamacare. The Republican measure to revamp the nation’s health care system received no Democratic support. NAHB commended the House for passing H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017.
Lawmakers Agree on Spending Package Through Sept. 30
Congress has agreed to a massive spending bill to fund the federal government through Sept. 30, the end of fiscal year 2017.
Attention Regulators: Listen to Small Businesses
NAHB today called on Congress to work with federal regulators to fix the regulatory rulemaking process by ensuring that effects on small businesses are a primary focus for existing and future regulations.
Testifying before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, NAHB First Vice Chairman Randy Noel told lawmakers that builders must navigate an ever-increasing tangle of regulations.
House Bill Would Boost Effectiveness of Low Income Housing Tax Credit
House Ways and Means Committee members Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) today introduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, legislation that contains a number of changes to enhance the effectiveness of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).
Mark Your Calendar for the 2017 NAHB Legislative Conference
Builders looking to send a message to Congress that it needs to take action to keep housing and the economy moving forward should mark their calendar now for the most important grassroots event of the year — the 2017 NAHB Legislative Conference. The conference is on Wednesday, June 14 and is a day-long event that coincides with the NAHB Midyear Board of Directors Meeting in Washington, D.C.
