Arkansas Home Builders Association

A Home Builder is: ·        An economic stimulus for local, state, and national communities, ·        A benevolent contributor to others in need, ·        A concerned conservationist, ·        A professional businessperson with licensing requirements and access to a comprehensive continuing education program, ·        A major participant in the free enterprise system, ·        A builder of the American Dream – “The Home”, Having the opportunity to visit our NAHB headquarters in Washington DC along with about 35 other new executive officers across our United States really does drive home to me what you have just read above.  WOW, I have been in the industry for some 20 years and the last four months have been eye opening when one is allowed to carry the torch for housing in Arkansas every day.  Having been associated as a local board member I was not aware of the enormous efforts required of our Executive Officers throughout our state.  Please know

Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate yesterday would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing a proposed rule that could result in millions of acres of private property to be regulated as wetlands under the Clean Water Act. “NAHB strongly supports this legislative fix championed by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) that would prevent the agencies from greatly expanding the federal government’s role in regulating our nation’s waters,” said NAHB Chairman Tom Woods. “If this rulemaking were to go into effect, it would do little to help the environment and lead to a more costly permitting process, drive up the price of housing, infringe on states’ rights and hurt job growth.” EPA and the Corps’ proposal to significantly expand the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act is so broad that it could be interpreted to include almost any water body, such as ditches,