IC HBA Directory2018

NAHB MEMBER BENEFITS
About NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) helps
its members build communities. Each year, NAHB’s
members construct about 80% of the new homes built in
the United States, both single-family and multifamily.
A federation of more than 800 state and local associations,
NAHB represents more than 140,000 members. About
one-third are home builders and remodelers. The rest work
in closely related specialties such as sales and marketing,
housing finance, and manufacturing and supplying
building materials.
NAHB is member-driven, with more than 2,200 members
serving on the association’s board of directors, which elects
the Senior Officers and helps set the association’s agenda.
Since it was founded in the early 1940s, NAHB has served
as the voice of America’s housing industry. We work to
ensure that housing is a national priority and that all
Americans have access to safe, decent and affordable
housing, whether they choose to buy a home or rent.
Achieving that goal is increasingly difficult in today’s
contentious and unsettled political and financial
environment, one in which the concept of homeownership
as a national priority is very much under attack. We
champion laws and regulations designed to reverse this
dangerous course that will drive down the value of the
nation’s housing stock, drive up the cost of rental housing,
and threaten the economic recovery.
Meeting its members’ business needs and ensuring that
they have the tools and resources necessary to succeed is an
equally important task, so NAHB also provides educational
opportunities, including the International Builders’ Show or
IBS, the single most important event of the year for the home
building industry and the world’s largest show of its kind for
the residential and light commercial construction industry.
NAHB’s affiliates include Home Innovation Research
Labs, which develops, tests and evaluates new materials,
methods, standards and equipment to improve the
technology and the affordability of America’s housing;
HBI, our workforce development arm, which develops and
administers a wide range of educational and job training
programs; and the National Housing Endowment, our
philanthropic arm, dedicated to helping the housing
industry develop more effective approaches to home
building, enhancing education and training for future
generations of leaders in residential construction and
increasing the body of knowledge on housing issues.
NAHB is also a founding partner and member of the
International Housing Association, which works to advance
home building around the globe with educational
programs and entrepreneurial opportunities.
NAHB members get the very best information, advocacy,
education and networking opportunities in their Three-in-
One Membership! When you join your local association,
you automatically become a full member at the state and
national level. That’s three memberships for the price of
one. NAHB offers plenty of resources to help each member
make the most of this investment and connect with the
benefits they value most.
WHAT’S INSIDE MEMBERSHIP...
Government Services and Programs (Advocacy,
Legal Services, BuildPAC) to help you defeat excessive
regulations and defend affordable housing initiatives on
Capitol Hill, in your state and in the communities where
you do business. That puts money and time back in your
pocket! Plus, NAHB members are kept informed with
prompt regulatory and legislative alerts.
Critical News and Information through e-newsletters,
listservs, online publications, exclusive website content,
bulletins and special reports. For more than 60 years NAHB
has been the nation’s leading source for housing industry
information. Up-to-date information, when you want it,
how you want it!
Invaluable Networking Opportunities with
more than 140,000 members from all areas of the
industry, NAHB is a one-stop networking shop! From
local networking receptions and monthly membership
meetings to regional trade shows, national committees
and special-interest councils, NAHB provides hundreds of
ways for you to meet and build relationships with fellow
professionals, future customers and suppliers.
Nationally Recognized Educational Programs that
give you the tools to gain an edge in the industry. In
our competitive marketplace, differentiation is the key
to success and NAHB’s nationally recognized education
programs offer just that. NAHB Education offers hundreds
of educational programs through conferences, courses
(both traditional classroom and online) and Webinars. No
matter what your specialty is, NAHB has the curriculum,
instructors and prestige to boost your success. Learn how
to reduce costs, increase your profit margins and effectively
deal with today’s toughest issues through NAHB Education.
Access to NAHB’s Team of Expert Advisors who can
address your specific business questions. When you
become an NAHB member, you get instant access to our
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