NAHB’s State and Local Issue Fund Helps HBA Advocacy Efforts
Home builders associations continue to advocate for pro-housing policies to improve housing affordability for all. To help HBAs overcome local and state challenges to housing affordability, NAHB’s State and Local Government Affairs Committee approved financial assistance for associations through the State and Local Issues Fund (SLIF).
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