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NAHREP launches National Hispanic Construction Alliance

Housing Wire

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals is launching a new trade organization to support Latino construction businesses and workers in building capacity, access to capital and creating business opportunities for its members. of construction workers compared to 18.5% Hispanics represent 27.7%

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California Senate OKs bill for affordable housing on nonprofit-owned land

Housing Wire

The California State Senate passed a bill this week that would permit the construction of affordable housing units on land owned by faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges, even if local zoning ordinances and laws would normally prevent construction. Tackling our housing crisis requires every tool available to us,” Sen.

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Zillow launches consumer-generated builder review feature

Housing Wire

Buyer-generated content, including consumer reviews of builders, is now available on Zillow and will be viewable on builder profiles, community pages and paid new construction listings. In Zillows Consumer Housing Trends Report, it was revealed that 76% of new construction buyers say reputation is very or extremely important in a builder.

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5 Fields to Add to your Daily Construction Reports

GoForrmz

Between all their day-to-day tasks, they are also required to keep project teams updated on daily progress through daily construction reports – a report designed to allow visibility into daily progress and productivity on a job site for stakeholders, field teams, and office personnel. No one can do what GoFormz can do. ”

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Opinion: Covid helps green the building industry

Housing Wire

Zoom meetings from home offices have become widely used— in addition to other tech tools like Skype, MS Teams , Bluebeam and CaptureQA — to support productivity at home and for business to continue. Both can unravel the most sustainably designed and constructed healthy home-work environment.

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AI's Impact on Home Construction

Eppraisal

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a transformative force in various industries, and the home construction business is no exception. As technology continues to advance, construction companies are embracing AI-powered tools and solutions to revolutionize the way they plan, design, and construct homes.

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Bipartisan lawmaker group introduces new affordable housing bill

Housing Wire

Senate and House of Representatives have introduced a new bill, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA), which could help spur the construction of two million affordable housing units over the next 10 years. In the House, the bill is designated as H.R. A bipartisan group of legislators from the U.S. Todd Young (R-Ind.),