RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

   CALENDAR

 

JAN.

21st

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

Location: Albemarle Area Association of Realtors Office in Elizabeth City

6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker:  Dean Burbage, Field Investigator for NCGCLB

MAR.

17th

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, March 17th, 2020

Location: TBD

6:30 p.m.

MAY

19th

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, May 19th, 2020

Location: TBD

6:30 p.m.

JUNE

16th

Continuing Education Classes for General Contractors

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Location: TBD

JULY

21st

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Location: TBD

6:30 p.m.

SEPT.

15th

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Location: TBD

6:30 p.m.

NOV.

17th

HBA General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

Location: TBD

6:30 p.m.

DEC.

11th

HBA Christmas Party & Officer Inducation

Friday, December 11th, 2020

Location: TBD

6:00 p.m.

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TOP 5 NCHBA ACTIONS TO BENEFIT OUR MEMBERS IN 2019

 

Continuing Education for General Contractors

Effective in 2020, the act provides for eight (8) hours of annual CE as a condition of license renewal for general contractors holding a building, residential or unclassified license.   SAVINGS TO MEMBERS: Quality CE education will better equip our members to improve construction techniques and avoid construction and legal liabilities.

 

Land-use reform measure  (Land-Use Regulatory Changes)—NCHBA successfully culminated a five-year effort in enacting sweeping legislation which makes a number of very significant and beneficial changes in land-use law.  SAVINGS TO MEMBERS: Millions of dollars in avoided land development costs in addition to providing more certainty in the process.

 

Building Code Council enacted important code changes — NCHBA Director of Construction & Codes, Robert Privott's expert advocacy and credibility with the BCC again produced significant cost savings to homebuyers through several key amendments to the code including:  adoption of a petition to amend the 2018 NC Residential Code to provide a new backstop table in Chapter 11 ENERGY EFFICIENCY using R-value requirements with air impermeable/insulated roof decks included when using an Energy Rating Index (ERI) analysis, Amendment of  the 2017 NC Electrical Code, Article 210.8(A) Ground-Fault Circuit-Interrupter Protection for Personnel to allow for: (1). Receptacles that are not readily accessible (Garage Door Openers) and (2) single receptacle or a duplex receptacle for two appliances (garage refrigerator and/or freezer) not be GFCI protected..  SAVINGS TO MEMBERS: Just these changes alone will produce hundreds of thousands of dollars in avoided costs.

 

Building Code Regulatory Reform Act-- Among this act’s several key provisions were requiring that those jurisdictions who conduct residential plan review must do so within fifteen (15) days; a prohibition on local governments mandating minimum square footage requirements for residential structures; and a requirement for the State Building Code Council to conduct a cost/benefit analysis of all proposed changes to the NC Energy Conservation Code considered by it after 01/01/18.  SAVINGS TO MEMBERS: Hundreds of thousands of dollars in avoided costs.

 

Building inventory tax exclusion improvements--In 2015, the NCHBA led the effort to pass HB 168 (Exempt Builders’ Inventory) which allowed a builder to claim an exemption, for up to three years, from higher property taxes on land and houses held for sale by a builder to the extent that the increase is attributable to subdivision or other improvement to the property.  SAVINGS TO MEMBERS: Hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings since 2015 and this will increase total.

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