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Feds Grant $61 Million for Land Buys
on September 30,2002 in Feature
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently awarded $61 million for the purchase of thousands of acres in eight states in support of habitat conservation.
Mayors Support Historic-Home Tax Credits
on August 31,2002 in Feature

The proposed Historic Homeownership Assistance Act received the support of the U.S. Conference of Mayors during its summer meeting in Madison, Wis.

Know Your State Laws
on August 31,2002 in Feature

'Buyer, beware!' might be advisable for consumers, but 'Remodeler, beware!' is appropriate when it comes to state laws concerning home-improvement contractors.

Report Lists Most Sprawl-Threatened Cities
on August 31,2002 in Feature

As the topic of suburban sprawl and anti-growth legislation heats up with the upcoming federal elections, the Sierra Club recently released its second annual report on sprawl.

Second Tahoe Property Rights Case Could Be in the Making
on August 31,2002 in Feature
Seeking to restore 'scenic equilibrium' to the shores of Lake Tahoe, the same regional agency that re-cently won a long-running property rights case is flexing its muscle again.
Fees Crack $100,000 in California City
on July 31,2002 in Feature
Now that the fees charged to a builder in a Livermore, Calif., project have topped $100,000, the natural question is how high they are everywhere else?
High Permit Fees in the Cross Hairs
on June 30,2002 in Feature

For years now, new and higher impact fees have been the nemesis of home building associations in most places across the country.

Close My House Today ... or Else!
on March 31,2002 in Feature
Florida home builders would have been subject to penalties of as much as $1,000 a day for missing promised delivery dates on new homes under a bill recently introduced by state Sen. Betty Holzendorf...
The Lowdown on Lots
on January 31,2002 in Feature

A phone call, a fax and a drive out to the site are the usual ways builders commonly track the progression of land development.

Getting the lead out
on January 31,2002 in Feature

Wherever they stand on the continuum — all-out effort to comply, head-in-the-sand denial that the rules exist, or somewhere in between — all remodelers face risks when it comes to lead paint and...

Cracking the Codes, Online
on January 31,2002 in Feature
The effort to merge the three major building codes — BOCA (Building Officials and Code Administrators), ICBO (International Conference of Building Officials) and SBCCI (Southern Building Code...
APA’s Growing Smart: the Good and the Bad
on January 31,2002 in Feature

The American Planning Association’s Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook could prompt states to review and change planning and land-use laws.

A New Urbanist Surge
on January 31,2002 in Feature

For the many builders who view New Urbanism as a passing fad, evidence to the contrary is pouring in.

Project Spotlight: On time, on target
on November 30,2001 in Feature

Working with real estate agent Marlene Graham on the master bath in her 1979 house, Tallahassee, Fla., builder and remodeler Mark Worley wowed her and her husband, Bill, by bringing in the project...

CDC Report Says Sprawl Is Sickening, Literally, to Americans
on November 30,2001 in Feature
If hearing about sprawl day in and day out makes you sick, you won’t like what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in Creating a Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built...
The Birth of Building Codes
on October 31,2001 in Feature

Never let it be said you can’t learn something in sixth-grade social studies — no matter what your age.

The Big Squeeze
on October 31,2001 in Feature

New laws complicate California’s already tough entitlement situation.

NAHB Opinion: Planning for Growth
on October 31,2001 in Feature

I magine that a new state law requires your local government to streamline the subdivision approval process, making it easier for you to develop land and build homes.

The Little House That Could
on October 31,2001 in Feature

How a new study helps debunk the cost-of-growth myth, once and for all.

Rotten to the Core
on September 30,2001 in Feature

Proposed regulatory changes for wetlands development activities would bring almost no flexibility or regulatory relief to the Clean Water Act Section 404 program and would modify only slightly the...