{"id":637,"date":"2013-06-13T15:24:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T15:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2013-06-13T15:24:39","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T15:24:39","slug":"more-than-750-builders-discuss-housing-issues-in-hill-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/more-than-750-builders-discuss-housing-issues-in-hill-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 750 Builders Discuss Housing Issues in Hill Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 5, 2013, more than 750 builders from across the nation converged on Capitol Hill for the annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference to urge their lawmakers to support policies that will keep the housing recovery moving forward and increase housing opportunities for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sending a load and clear message to members of Congress that strong housing market is critical to create jobs and boost economic growth,\u201d said NAHB Chairman Rick Judson.<\/p>\n<p>In 300 individual meetings with their representatives and senators, builders discussed the following key housing issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tax reform.\u00a0 To meet the nation\u2019s growing need for affordable rental housing and home-ownership opportunities, NAHB members urged Congress to maintain its support for vital housing tax incentives, including the mortgage interest deduction.\u00a0 Builders also emphasized that the Low Income Housing Tax Credit is essential to ensure that lower-income families have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Housing finance reform.\u00a0 With Congress preparing to address the future of the nation\u2019s housing finance system and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, NAHB continued to advocate that any restructuring provides for reliable and adequate flow of credit for home buyers and that the federal government plays an appropriate role in backing up the housing finance system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immigration reform.\u00a0 NAHB called on Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform that protects the nation\u2019s borders; focuses on the direct employer-employee relationship so that U.S. employers remain accountable only for the identity and work authorization status of their direct employees; and creates an efficient, temporary guest worker program that allows employers to recruit legal immigrant workers when there is shortage of domestic workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Credit for housing production.\u00a0 Despite the recent upturn in housing, builders in many markets are still unable to obtain construction loans for viable home building projects.\u00a0 NAHB called on lawmakers to support House bill H.R. 1255 and companion Senate bill S. 1002 that would help resolve the ongoing credit problems for builders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 5, 2013, more than 750 builders from across the nation converged on Capitol Hill for the annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference to urge their lawmakers to support policies that will keep the housing recovery &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/more-than-750-builders-discuss-housing-issues-in-hill-visits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiberlitetech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}