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NAHB: Slowing Building Material Price Growth Another Signal Inflation Is Cooling According to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) report, which is produced by the
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09/09/2023
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USDA Forest Service Invests $188 Million To Conserve Forests, Private Forestland The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a significant investment of $188 million
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08/09/2023
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New Steps For Climate Resilience And Forest Conservation Announced Public Comments Accepted Through Mid-June For Parts Of Policy The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and
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06/10/2023
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Inflation And Rising Housing Costs Show Signs Of Cooling The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently reported that the overall inflation rate, along with
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05/09/2023
Washington Scene – November/December 2022
Fed Economist Bullish On Single-Family Upturn The National Association of Home Builders reported on nahb.now the following: Looking beyond the current housing market downturn, the
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11/10/2022
Washington Scene – September/October 2022
Canadian Lumber Tariffs Cut By More Than Half The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) efforts calling on the Biden administration to eliminate — or
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09/10/2022
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Record Number Of Construction Job Openings The count of open construction jobs jumped to a record-high 449,000 unfilled positions in April (the latest data available
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07/10/2022
SFPA Received USDA Funding For 2022 Unified Export Strategy
The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) recently received notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) for its 2022 Unified Export
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05/10/2022
Washington Scene – March/April 2022
U.S. To Lower Duties On Canadian Lumber In published reports, the U.S. Department of Commerce has indicated in its latest review on Canadian Softwood lumber
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03/10/2022
NAHB Legal Win Means All PPP Loans To Members Can Be Forgiven
In a case brought by NAHB, which wrote this report on nahbnow.com, and Michigan builders, a federal court ruled that all NAHB members who received
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11/10/2021
The Softwood Lumber Board/U.S. Dept. of Agriculture: Support For Net-Zero Carbon Construction And Resilient Forests
The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that builds upon the existing collaborative relationship between the SLB
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11/10/2021
2 Significant Headwinds for Housing’s Growth
NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz recently provided this housing industry overview in the bi-weekly e-newsletter Eye on the Economy. New single-family home sales in June
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09/09/2021
Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Bill Supported by NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently announced it supports the $1 trillion bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill pending in Congress and applauds lawmakers for
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09/09/2021
Open Construction Jobs Near Two-Year High
Robert Dietz, of the National Association of Home Builders, recently reported that the count of open construction jobs increased in April, according to the most
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07/08/2021
USDA Awards $15 Million in Grants to Expand Wood Products, Wood Energy Markets and Community Forests
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded more than $15 million to fund grant proposals to develop and expand the use of wood products,
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07/08/2021
CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium; Should Not Apply To NAHB Members
According to the National Association of Home Builders in NAHBNow news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently modified and extended its eviction
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05/19/2021
NAHB Promotes Vaccine Awareness
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently held a campaign to raise awareness of the “safety, effectiveness and benefits of COVID-19 vaccination among constructions
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05/19/2021
Congress Receives Letter from NLBMDA Regarding Lumber Prices
Recently, the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association’s President and CEO, Jonathan Paine, sent U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo a letter about
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05/19/2021
Grants Available to Help Restore Longleaf Pine Forests
According to published reports, Texas A&M Forest Service, in College Station, Texas, and the Texas Longleaf Pine Implementation Team recently accepted applications for available funding
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05/19/2021
OSHA Updates Workplace Safety Regarding COVID
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced revised guidance for employers pertaining to workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new guidance is
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04/12/2021
AWC, SLMA, NAFO Stand Ready to Support Biden Administration’s Efforts to Reduce Carbon Emissions
With President Joe Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris Accords, the American Wood Council (AWC), National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers
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04/12/2021