Meet Enrique, GHBA’s newest member of the team. Enrique Garcia-Hochhalter joined GHBA just in time for the tail end of election season. As our government affairs administrator he will be supporting HOME-PAC, Government Affairs, Developers …
HOME-PAC Voter Guide: General Election 2026
Election season is here, and your vote matters more than ever. HOME-PAC, GHBA’s political action committee, has released its official voter guide for the 2026 General Election, highlighting candidates who support housing, development, and the …
Webinar: Know Your Rights During Immigration Enforcement at the Jobsite | October 21 @ 10 a.m.
The GHBA is aware of the immigration enforcement activity happening at jobsites across our region, and we know this is an issue many of our members are dealing with and have questions about. To help …
NAHB Responds as Immigration Enforcement Keeps Legal Workers Off Job Sites
Reposted from the National Association of Home Builders Free Webinar: Know Your Rights During Immigration Enforcement at the Jobsite | October 21 @ 10 a.m. The GHBA is aware of the immigration enforcement activity happening …
New GHBA / UH Study Shows the Economic Power of New Homes
By Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs Every home our members build does more than house a family. It creates jobs, drives the local economy and generates tax revenue for the communities we serve. …
GHBA Members Get Big Wins in Conroe and Manvel
By Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs Usually, summer brings slower times. There are fewer events, people are out of town on vacation, and not as much going on. This summer, however, felt like …
Straight Talk with Aimee Bertrand
Check out GHBA’s one-and-only Executive Vice President and CEO, Aimee Bertrand, on the latest episode of Builder Straight Talk! Aimee sits down with host Michael to talk about her personal journey, from journalism school to …
New Joint Trench Portal Enhances Customer Experience and Project Visibility
CenterPoint Energy is introducing the new Joint Trench Portal, a modernized platform designed to improve collaboration, increase transparency, and make it easier for developers, builders, utility partners, and CenterPoint teams to coordinate throughout the Joint …
Immigration Enforcement
Reposted from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Members have expressed concern about the mass deportation program instituted early in the second Trump Administration, which includes jobsite raids. Many residential construction business owners are …
Manvel Reverses Course on MUD Policy
By Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs The City of Manvel recently considered adopting a Municipal Utility District (MUD) policy that would have established new requirements and approval processes for future MUDs. GHBA raised …
What the Chronicle Story Leaves Out About Floodplain Development
By Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs A recent Houston Chronicle article has generated a lot of conversation about development, floodplains and the process of removing land from FEMA’s mapped floodplain. Flood risk is …
From Houston to the Hill: GHBA Members Advocate for Housing
By Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs In early June, more than a dozen Houston-area GHBA members attended the National Association of Homebuilders’ Spring Meetings and Legislative Conference in Washington D.C. alongside more than …
Advocacy, Leadership and Momentum: GHBA Makes its Mark at TAB Spring Meetings
By Aimee Bertrand, GHBA Executive Vice President & CEO The Texas Association of Builders (TAB) Spring Meetings in Bastrop brought together homebuilding leaders from across the state for a few days of productive conversations, collaboration, …
Updated Harris County Floodplain Maps Top of Mind for Developers
Article by Cody Miller, GHBA Director of Government Affairs GHBA hosted leadership from the Harris County Flood Control District at the April Developers Council to discuss the long-awaited updated FEMA floodplain maps. The discussion covered …
Houston City Council Approves After-Hour Review for Office of City Engineering
At the March 25 Houston City Council meeting, Council unanimously passed creating an after-hour program for the disciplines within the Office of City Engineering like the Stormwater and Traffic departments. To utilize the program, applicants …