History
The National Association of Home Builders Student Chapters Program provides students in building-related fields such as construction management, engineering, architecture, real estate and the trades an opportunity to learn more about residential building through membership in the industry's largest trade association.
Chapters are located in high schools, vocational and technical schools, community colleges (two-year programs) and universities (four-year programs) across the country. Through the Student Chapters Program, students are given firsthand exposure to the "real world" of the home building industry. NAHB student membership gives students an invaluable complement to their academic studies.
Founded in 1942, NAHB is a federation of more than 800 state and local associations. About one-third of NAHB’s 205,000 members are home builders and/or remodelers. The remaining members are associates working in closely related fields within the housing industry, such as mortgage finance and building products and services.
The association is member-driven, with a professional staff of nearly 300. More than 2,800 members serve on the association’s board of directors, which elects the association’s Senior Officers and helps set the association’s agenda.
NAHB analyzes policy issues, takes the industry's story to the public, monitors and works toward improving the housing finance system, and analyzes and forecasts economic trends. The association also represents the industry's interests on Capitol Hill and strives to ensure that housing remains a national priority when laws are made and policies are established.
In 2003, NAHB's builder members will construct about 80 percent of all new housing in America, making housing one of the largest and most powerful engines of economic growth in the country.
Industry Partners and Sponsors
Builders Association of Greater Lafayette
Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne
Von Tobels
CP Morgan
Estridge
Newmann Homes
This page was last edited on 08/26/03
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