The Voice of Virginia's Residential Land Development and Construction Industry
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Virginia E-Builder
May 2018
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May is building safety month in Virginia
– and Virginia was recently recognized as one of the leading states for building safety from the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. The report gave Virginia a near-perfect score of 94/100- the only state that earned a higher score was Florida. IBHS specifically mentioned the ongoing process to implement the 2015 Code, which was recently adopted by the Board of Housing and Community Development and is currently in the public comment period. During the 2018 Virginia General Assembly, HBAV actively opposed and defeated three pieces of legislation that would have changed the building code process in Virginia and compromised our position as a leader for building safety and an inclusive and transparent code development process.
The report from the IBHS supports those claims!
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HBAV House Party - A Success! scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2018
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HBAV Annual Conference - June 21-24 - Registration Closes Soon!
Join fellow members of the Home Builders Association of Virginia for the 2018 HBAV Annual Conference. The meeting will be held June 21-24, 2018 at LaPlaya Beach and Golf Resort in Naples, Florida. If you're looking for business development and networking opportunities with leaders in the home building industry from across Virginia, this is a can't miss event.
Turnout has been overwhelming and the hotel is almost sold out! Book your reservation today!
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HBAV Participates in Bringing
Housing Home Week
HBAV members met with members of the U.S. Congress this week throughout the state as part of NAHB's Bringing Housing Home. These meetings were especially important in this critical election year, and are key to strengthening relationships with lawmakers to keep housing issues as a priority in Congress. Issues discussed included:
- Regulatory reform, Softwood lumber Flood insurance, Housing finance reform, Workforce development and immigration
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Government Affairs Corner
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2015 Code Code Cycle Update
The Uniform Statewide Building Code, Statewide Fire Prevention Code, the Amusement Device Regulations and the Industrialized Building Safety Regulations have been submitted for publication in the Virginia Register effective April 30th, 2018. The codes now enter the "final adoption periods/comment period".
- The USBC, Amusement Device Regulations, and the Industrialized Building Safety Regulations will have a 30 day comment period - April 30th to May 30th.
- The Statewide Fire Prevention Code will have a 60 day comment period - April 30th to June 29th.
If petitions are filed by 25 or more persons regarding a change to a regulation, the regulation will be suspended, and that suspension is published in the Virginia Register for 30 days to allow for public comment. After that 30 days, the Board may retain the regulations in their current form or make amendments based on the petitions received. HBAV is very pleased that these code changes will be published in the Register for public comment. We will keep you updated as the process moves forward.
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Governor Releases 212 Opportunity Zones
This week, Governor Northam released the nomination of 212 Opportunity Zones to the US Department of Treasury. This represents the maximum number of zones the Governor may nominate under the new federal tax incentive program that targets areas in need of redevelopment and revitalization by unlocking investor capital to fund businesses in under served communities.The law allows investors to defer (up to 9 years) of tax on gains if those gains are invested in Qualified Opportunity Funds that in turn invest in economically distressed communities designated by the governor
More information about Opportunity Zones can be found at the Department of Housing and Community Development’s page here.
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Construction General Permit - Draft Regulations
Earlier this year, HBAV was asked to serve on the Department of Environmental Quality’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to assist the Department in development of a draft regulation for a general permit. The current General VPDES Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities expires on June 30, 2019. The regulation establishing this permit must be amended to reissue the general permit for another five-year term. The TAC started meeting in January and there are several meetings scheduled for the next several months.
If you are interested in reviewing the changes that have been discussed or proposed so far, please contact HBAV’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Andrew Clark, at
AClark@HBAV.com
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HBAV Build-PAC:
Since the General Assembly adjourned in mid March, HBAV has attended 21 fundraisers for members and candidates of the General Assembly that are pro-housing. The HBAV Build-PAC is the vehicle that allows members to financially support the HBAV legislative efforts by supporting candidates for office that are pro-housing. Please consider a contribution to the HBAV Build-PAC. Your contribution will allow the HBAV legislative team to have your voices heard and support candidates that are supporting our industry.
Click the link below to support pro-housing candidates!
Every dollar helps!
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Department of Health - Alternative Onsite Sewage Systems
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) will be conducting statewide listening sessions to gather comments and feedback on alternative onsite sewage system. The schedule of meetings is below and is open to HBAV members. The regulations can be found by
clicking here.
VDH is encouraging anyone interested to attend a listening session to learn about the current regulations and submit comments to improve them. If you are unable to attend, you may submit comments via email to
marcia.degen@vdh.virginia.gov
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Business Coaching for HBAV Members
HBAV is participating in a pilot program with a cutting-edge small business growth firm, referred by the Wisconsin Builders Association. They specialize in helping builders, remodelers, and trade businesses systematically grow their businesses, utilizing a proprietary process they have developed through concentrating on our industry. The benefits also include valuable ebooks, blogs and articles on marketing, hiring, sales, strategic planning, and other educational topics critical to the building, remodeling and trade industry. The results and feedback from Wisconsin Builders Association members has been incredible.
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Recruit and Retain a Member Today!
HBAV, Local HBA's and NAHB are hosting a Spring Membership Drive! HBAV has a goal of growing its statewide membership by a net of 95 members by June 30, 2018. Please help by telling someone about your local association, HBAV, and NAHB today! HBAV is reliant on membership to support the industry. Let those that you do business with know that we want them to join our great association! Contact Craig Toalson at ctoalson@hbav.com for more information.
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HBAV is active on Facebook!
Help HBAV achieve its goal of 2500 Facebook page likes! We currently have 927 likes. Please like our HBAV Facebook Page and ask your colleagues to do the same! HBAV regularly updates our page with member news and information. The HBAV facebook page is the easiest way to stay up to date on HBAV happenings throughout the month.
Click HERE to go to our HBAV Facebook Page!
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Promote your business in the HBAV Annual Report, Online Buyer’s Guide & Association App
Advertising space is now available in the 2018/2019 HBAV Annual Report & Membership Directory and the NEW Industry Online Buyer’s Guide Website and Association App. The Association App will be available in the Apple Store and Google Play). Rates start as low as $449 and enhanced member listings start as low as $69.
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The HBAV Insurance Agency can provide HBAV members with all their insurance needs. HBAV Insurance Agency has been successful catering to the needs of members of the Home Builders Association of Virginia and only marketing competitively priced and high-quality insurance products. We want to work with our members by providing Business Insurance, Personal Insurance, Supplemental Employee Benefits, and Health Insurance. Contact Craig Toalson at ctoalson@hbav.com to receive a free, no obligation review of your insurance policies and coverage.
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Digital Media Solutions for HBAV Members
HBAV is pleased to announce a new partnership with Geofence Media, to provide digital media solutions for startups to enterprise level businesses. Geofence Media specializes in location based digital advertising, and offer solutions to leverage behavioral data and automation to reach highly targeted audiences in real-time.
HBAV is partnering with Geofence Media to provide effective and affordable digital media solutions to HBAV members businesses regardless of their size or familiarity with the ever-changing digital media landscape. Members of the Geofence Media team will be reaching out over the next few weeks to businesses throughout Virginia, including many reading this announcement. Please feel free to reach out to them directly with any questions by calling
469-619-3788
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or emailing
hbav@geofencemedia.com
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New Year, New Discounts from NAHB
Don't leave money on the table! NAHB has added
Capital One and Amazon Business
to their list of member discounts. To review the complete list of NAHB member discounts,
CLICK HERE.
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Thank you 2018 HBAV Keystone Club Members!
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Thank you for your loyalty and your support of HBAV.
Sincerely,
Home Builders Association of Virginia
804.643.2797
707. East Franklin Street
Richmond, VA. 23219
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