On October 20, GHBA celebrated its 20th Annual Product EXPO with a few special guests, representing the future of our local homebuilding workforce. Councilmember Sallie Alcorn of the City of Houston joined Custom Builders Council …
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New Instructional Center Opens in Houston Providing No-Cost Training in Construction Skills
State of Texas Approves Trade Education Curriculum As recession and joblessness loom, new skills training for workers is crucial, said the head of the Home Builders Institute (HBI), the nation’s leading provider of construction trades …
Challenges and Collaboration for Careers in Construction
As we celebrate 2022 Careers in Construction month, we’re hearing from more members about the difficulty recruiting the next generation of home builders to our industry. These issues are not unique to home building companies …
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First-Place LEGO Design on Display at GHBA Office
A unique annual tradition has just wrapped up its third year, as GHBA closed out the 2022 LEGO Future Home Builder Competition. GHBA received dozens of unique home design entries from kids aged 3 to 100, …
Meet Six WorkTexas Graduates
HomeAid Houston recently honored six graduates of the WorkTexas training program, a non-profit entity that prepares high school students and adults with the skills they need to enter the workforce ready to contribute immediately to …
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Workforce Updates & Opportunities
The first half of 2022 has been an active one for furthering our goals for increasing the residential construction workforce in our community. Here are a few highlights of the work that has been put …
NAHB Urges Congress to Take Steps to Get More Women in the Workforce
Reposted from NAHB Now To get more women working in the residential construction sector and overall workforce, lawmakers must pursue flexible, targeted and incentive-based strategies to tackle the high cost of childcare and availability of …
Record GHBA Scholarship Funds Awarded in 2022
The GHBA awards student scholarships each year through generous contributions from GHBA members and its councils. Eligible recipients are college-bound children of association members, and participants in official GHBA Workforce Partner Programs. Thanks to our …
Highest Paid Occupations in Construction in 2021
Repost from NAHB Eye on Housing According to the latest May 2021 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) and analysis by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), half of …