The home builder association in the United States is the National Association of Home Builders (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS), based in Washington D. C. and serving all fifty states with a federation of over 800 state and local associations.
The mission of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS as the premier home builder association is to «enhance the climate for housing and the building industry.» With primary goals to provide and expand opportunities for all, in order that everyone has «safe, decent and affordable housing,» NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS is considered the voice of America»s housing industry.
According to the home builder association»s website mission statement, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS is member driven, staffed by 300, board served by 2,800, and led by a board member- elected (annually) president, first vice president, vice president & treasurer, vice president & secretary, and immediate past president»known as senior officers. And of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS»s 215,000 members (who will build 80% of America»s homes in any one year), one third is homebuilders and/or remodelers, while the rest, about 71,667, work in related housing fields.
All home builder association members of NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS work together to keep the mission true by analyzing policy issues, taking industry stories public, analyzing/forecasting economic trends that impact the home builder community, while at the same time monitoring with an eye toward improving the housing finance system and acting as representation for the industry on Capitol Hill»in an effort to keep housing a national priority and ensure its positive reputation where laws and regulatory policy are concerned.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS is a busy home builder association, as is evident from their extensive and comprehensive website, nahb.org. The site map delivers such provisions as the following:
A home builder association map of local chapters
HBI, a home builders» institute
A job corps»with development facilities, a job bank, and student chapters
A research center
A resource center with business management sources, economic and housing database, construction safety codes and regulations books and OSHA guides, environmental issue articles, builder and remodeler referral links, a consumer guide, land development concerns articles, and numerous community services
Specialized services»including senior, women, sales and marketing, and building councils
Membership Information and regulations forms
And NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS offers much more, for the home builder and home remodeler, and is much more for anyone and everyone concerned with housing in the U.S.A..
