The Voice of Virginia's Residential Land Development and Construction Industry
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Virginia E-Builder
April 2018
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HBAV has 3,005 members in Virginia and 70% or 2,113 of them are not builders.
The 2,113 members represent associate members who are vendors or suppliers of builders and developers. Membership is a vital component to support HBAV's mission to protect and promote the building industry. This spring, HBAV is hosting a membership drive along with NAHB and each local association. Please help by encouraging your business partners and vendors to support the industry by joining their association.
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Governor Northam Addresses HBAV
HBAV members gathered in Richmond on March 15th for the Spring HBAV meetings. The member luncheon included an address from Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. During his address, Governor Northam applauded the housing industry for being the sixth largest industry in Virginia. Governor Northam also committed to having an open door with HBAV in order to address policy issues that would positively or negatively impact our industry. The day also featured meetings of the HBAV Legislative Committee, HBAV Build PAC, HBAV Education Foundation, HBAV Membership Committee, Associates Committee, Executive Officers Council, and Local HBA Presidents.
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HBAV Official House Party scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2018
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HBAV Annual Conference - June 21-24 - Register Now
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.
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Government Affairs Corner
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2018 General Assembly Session Recap
Over 3,700 pieces of legislation were introduced during the 60-day General Assembly Session. Of those bills, HBAV identified 147 bills that would have a direct or indirect impact on Virginia’s residential land development and construction industry.
Summary of Legislation HBAV Opposed:
- Proffers: Legislation that would have amended, repealed, studied, or exempted certain localities from the 2016 proffer legislation
- Statewide Fire Prevention Code: Three bills that would have transferred the authority for the adoption of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code from the Board of Housing and Community Development to the Fire Services Board
- Impact Fee Legislation: Two bills that would have granted broad impact fee authority to all localities in the Commonwealth
- Affiliated Services: Legislation that would have prohibited the use of affiliated business arrangements (Mortgage Lenders and Title Companies)
- Affordable Dwelling Units / Inclusionary Zoning Legislation: Legislation that would have granted all localities the authority to enact mandatory affordable set-aside ordinances
- Tree Ordinances: Several bills that would have authorized localities to enact more stringent tree ordinances than currently enabled under State Code
- Cluster Development: One bill that would have prohibited the placement of stormwater management facilities in “open space” within cluster developments.
Summary of Legislation HBAV Supported:
- Legislation to ensure the protection of proprietary construction and engineering documents
- Legislation to allow localities to enter into agreements with another to help provide plan review, permitting, and inspections services
- Legislation to address stormwater management regulations in rural Tidewater localites
- Legislation to protect Virginia’s vested rights laws
- Legislation to exempt from the requirement to obtain a Virginia Water Protection Permit an impact to a stormwater management facility on dry land
- Legislation to allow localities to create abandoned school revitalization zones
Member Expertise Survey
Thank you to everyone that has completed the member expertise survey. The survey allows the HBAV government affairs team to have quick access to experts in different areas of construction of development. If you haven't completed the survey but would like to be included in periodic updates on legislation that impacts you, please click the link below.
Housing Economic Impact Study
The housing industry in Virginia supports more than 314,000 jobs paying more than $14 billion in annual wages, salaries and benefits making it one of the largest contributors to the Virginia economy. Using only direct output as a measure of industry performance, the housing industry is the sixth largest private sector industry and provides approximately 8 percent of Virginia’s jobs, including agricultural and government employment.
Click Here to read the full economic report!
HBAV Build-PAC:
The HBAV Build-PAC is the vehicle that allows members to financially support the HBAV legislative efforts. Now that the General Assembly has adjourned, HBAV will continue its focus on regulatory impacts and supporting pro-housing candidates for elected office. 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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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 912 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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New Membership Program!!
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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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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HBAV Education Foundation Update!
HBAV Education Foundation met on March 15 to amend their by-laws and establish policies for growing the foundation and distributing the foundation resources. The HBAV Education Foundation will be working with local HBA's, school systems, and members to help educate our future building industry workforce. Contributions to the HBAV Education Foundation are 100% tax deductible and be made by
Clicking HERE
. To learn more about the education foundation, contact Craig Toalson at ctoalson@hbav.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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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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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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