Arkansas Home Builders Association

  Sep 30, 2023  Alicia Huey, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder and developer from Birmingham, Ala., issued the following statement after Congress approved H.R. 5860, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act, legislation that would fund the government and the National Flood Insurance Program for an additional 45 days: “NAHB commends the House for acting in a bipartisan manner to pass H.R. 5860, legislation that will fund the federal government and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for an additional 45 days. NAHB has worked tirelessly with lawmakers to make them aware that even a short-term disruption to the flood insurance program would force delays—and in some cases, cancellations—to home sales and multifamily transactions that require federal flood insurance under the NFIP. We urge the Senate to act quickly to keep the federal government open, including the vital NFIP. And moving forward, ...

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 Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval that would rescind the Biden administration’s waters of the U.S. rule: “Today’s bipartisan Senate vote to approve a resolution that would rescind the Biden administration’s waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule comes shortly after House Democrats and Republicans passed an identical measure, and sends a strong message to the administration and American people about the damaging effects of federal overreach. The Biden WOTUS rule does little to strengthen our nation’s water resources but it does radically extend the areas in which home builders are required to get federal wetlands permits by making human-made ditches and isolated ponds on private property subject to federal jurisdiction. Adding uncertainty an...