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Wednesday is our/your 16th Desert Valleys Builders Association Anniversary and Member Appreciation Party at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Special Guest – The Dark Star Jet from Top Gun – Maverick.
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Desert Valleys Builders Association spent this last week in Washington, D.C. with the National Association of Home Builders and 1,100 executive officers, staff, and members. The first two informational meetings were legislative updates with the second specifically designed for the 1,100 of us meeting with our congressional leaders and senators.
NAHB had several bills we were asked to discuss:
- H.R. 1055/S. 189 – The Constructs Act
- Bipartisan bill to train a skilled labor force
- H.R. 4393 – The Dignity Act
- A seven-year earned pathway to permanent work authorization for eligible immigrants already contributing to the U.S. economy
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H.R. 6644 – The 21st Century Road to Housing Act
- This is first about “Build to Rent” workforce housing. The Senate inserted a change that requires the homes to be purchase at seven years. NAHB and the House are working to get this removed from the bill.
- H.R. 3898 – The Permit Act
- This bill seeks to reduce some of the costs of permits as permits for impacts, services, and environmental regulations has become 26% of the cost of new housing on average across the nation.
- This bill makes key improvements to the Clean Water Act permitting. Reduces regulatory costs while increasing access to buildable lots.
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Per NAHB for every $1,000 added to the home price, 156,000 families become priced out
- H.R. 3699/S. 1945 – The Energy Choice Act
- These bills, essentially the same in both chambers, have approximately 160 bipartisan co-sponsors
- This bill has its sights on the 20-plus states that are trying to mandate electrification of all new housing and commercial/industrial development
- California being one of the more aggressive states in over-regulating natural gas distribution and now demanding annual reporting on new natural gas appliances
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In California homes that are designed as 100 percent electric for all appliances and heating and cooling, these costs are $20,000 more per single family residence than a home with both electricity and natural gas.
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