On Monday, May 29, the Texas Legislature adjourned Sine Die. After 140 days and nights of work, the members of the House and Senate returned home to live under the laws that they passed and …
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Sandcastle Homes Teams with HomeAid on ‘Caring Safe Place’ Project
Sandcastle Homes teamed up with HomeAid Houston to remodel a transitional living facility for A Caring Safe Place, an agency that provides crisis intervention services for men living with HIV who are also victims of …
Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes Unveil Playhouse for HomeAid Fundraiser
Representatives from Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes shared a “slice of Americana” with the recent unveiling of the new Project Playhouse design that is being built for HomeAid Houston’s 11th annual Project Playhouse fundraiser. The …
High Storage Levels, and Low Oil Prices
Oil prices are again on the decline, despite an announced reduction in supply by the OPEC oil cartel. Why? Dr. Eisenberg says the behavior of speculators and U.S. shale producers, the shape of the curve …
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HomeAid and GHBA Remodelers Council Change Lives Through Charity Renovations
On April 29, members of the Remodelers Council partnered with HomeAid Houston to give the young men and women at Agape Development’s Gateway Houses safe, updated living spaces in which they would be proud to …
Collaborating to Make a Difference
Ongoing charity work at Casa de Esperanza lands “2017 Group of the Year” distinction for Greater Houston Builders Association and HomeAid Houston The Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) and HomeAid Houston were honored as the …
Lumber Prices and Canadian Tariffs
NAHB has been closely monitoring the situation regarding U.S.-Canadian lumber trade. To provide a quick background, the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Canada expired on October 12, 2015. There was a one-year …
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Lago Mar is Site for GHBA Benefit Home
Land Tejas Communities has donated a prime lot in its new development, Lago Mar that is the site for the second GHBA Benefit Home of 2017. Westin Homes has begun construction on the home that …
Elyson is Site of Next GHBA Benefit Home
The new community of Elyson in west Houston is the site for the newest GHBA Benefit Home that is being built by Chesmar Homes. Newland Communities, the developer of Elyson, donated the homesite. This is …
A Win for Land Development, Homebuilding Nationwide
Update: Waters of the U.S. / Clean Water Act Executive Order On June 29, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) finalized their much-discussed joint Clean Water …
Immigration and its Economic Impacts
Recently, Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas and Senator David Perdue from Georgia introduced legislation aiming to reduce legal immigration to slightly more than 500,000 per year from the current rate of one million per year. …
Fort Bend County Publishes New Street Acceptance Guidelines
After meeting with members of the GHBA Developers Council, engineers, contractors, builders and other stakeholders beginning last December over questions and concerns with regards to street acceptance policies, the Fort Bend County Engineering Department published …
Rally Day 2017 Brings Industry Voice to Texas Legislators
Rally Day 2017 was a huge success on Wednesday, February 22! Approximately 170 GHBA members registered for Rally Day. The GHBA had 20 teams of members that visited all 46 of our delegation legislators and …
2016 Spikes of the Year Honored
GHBA’s top recruiters for 2016 were honored at the association’s annual Installation Celebration, January 28 at River Oaks Country Club. The “Spike of the Year” distinction went to Brian Stevenson with The Stevenson Group/One Digital. …
March is National Ladder Safety Month
Every year over 300 people die in ladder-related accidents, and thousands suffer disabling injuries. On the jobsite, your life literally can depend on knowing how to properly inspect, use, and care for this tool. Incidents …