Advocacy
Proposition 123: Affordable Housing Financing Fund Stakeholder Engagement Meeting
Proposition 123 Affordable Housing Financing Fund Stakeholder Engagement Meeting April 4, 2023 Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) invite you to attend a virtual stakeholder meeting on Tuesday, April 4 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm to help inform implementation of the Affordable Housing Financing Fund…
Read MoreNAHB Releases 2023 “Priced Out Estimates”
NAHB recently released its 2023 priced out estimates, showing how higher prices and interest rates affect housing affordability. The new estimates show that 96.5 million households (roughly 73 percent of all U.S. households) are not able to afford a new median priced new home in 2023, meaning their incomes are insufficient to qualify for a…
Read More60% of a Home’s Sales Price Goes to Construction Costs
NAHB’s latest Cost of Construction Survey reveals that 60.8% of the average home sales price consisted of construction costs in 2022, similar to the 61.1% breakdown posted in 2019. Since the inception of this series in 1998, this is just the fourth time construction costs represent over 60% of the total price of the home — it…
Read MoreCAHB: Capitol Close Up
BUILD-PAC Honors Bob Peterson, Colorado Support; Tell Congress to Repeal Biden’s WOTUS Rule BUILD-PAC, the NAHB’s nonpartisan political action committee dedicated to electing pro-housing candidates, recognized CAHB member Bob Peterson and Colorado for their commitment to advocacy at the 2023 NAHB International Builders’ Show. In 2022, during one of the most competitive midterm election cycles…
Read MoreNAHB Applauds House Passage of Resolution on WOTUS
Alicia, Huey, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder and developer from Birmingham, Ala., today issued the following statement after the House passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval that would rescind the Biden administration’s waters of the U.S. rule: “NAHB commends this bipartisan House…
Read MoreThe HBA Advocate Newsletter | March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023 Metro Housing Coalition Weighs in on Denver Election On April 4th, the City of Denver will be holding elections for the first time in four years, with an open seat for Mayor and 12 City Council seats up for grabs. This year, 68 residents have declared their candidacy making it the largest…
Read More2023 Local Elections and Homelessness
Common Sense Institute: Our latest report, “Homelessness in Denver” summarizes the key issues surrounding homelessness in Denver. Our hope is to continue to spotlight the problem and the immense amount of resources going to try to address the problem. While much of the one-time federal funds will be committed or spent by the time the…
Read MoreThe HBA Advocate Newsletter | February 7, 2023
February 7, 2023 Littleton Anti-Growth Referendum Concerns City Residents For the second time in less than one year, a small group of anti-growth residents in Littleton has collected signatures to force a special referendum. Question 300, set for a March 7 vote, seeks to change the City Charter to reduce by half the number of…
Read MoreThe HBA Advocate Newsletter | January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023 Commerce City Council Passes Metro District Moratorium On December 19, the Commerce City Council approved a 12-month moratorium on the use of metropolitan districts for residential development within the municipality on a 5-2 vote following the resignation of Councilmember Rick Davis and Council member Oscar Madera absent from the hearing that evening.…
Read MoreTake Action on Transformers
Take Action on the National Transformer Shortage As a national shortage of electric distribution transformers and other important electrical components has stalled home and apartment construction across the country, the National Association of Home Builders has been calling attention to the crisis. As the current Congress comes to a close – YOUR VOICE can help…
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