Legislation

Key Takeaways from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Here's a summary of the features in the $1.9 trillion plan that may effect your family and your business.

Senate Republicans Introduce $1 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill

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Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Extended Through August 8

House Votes to Pass the Moving Forward Act

Senate Passes Legislation to Extend PPP Through August 8

Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed Into Law

House Passes Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act

Small and Midsize Companies Can Recover Costs of Providing Coronavirus-Related Leave Under New Law

IRS: Interest on Some Home Equity Loans Still OK Under New Tax Law

Builder Exclusive: The NAHB Position on the Tax Bill

5 Ways the House Tax Reform Plan Could Affect Remodelers

GOP Plan: Divide and Conquer on Mortgage Interest Deduction

NAHB: Proposed Tax Plan “Slams Middle Class”

Connecticut Governor Vetoes Warranty Claims Bill

CT Legislature OKs Bill Requiring Consumer Warranty Claims to Include Labor Costs

Six Key Regs on Associations’ “Hit List”

How to Handle Immigration Issues when Trump Takes Office

10 Headlines That Captivated Contractors in 2016

7 Ways a Trump Presidency Could Impact Contractors

During These Uncertain Times, Learn to Live in the Present Tense

NAHB Endorses 137 Congressional Candidates

Remodeling Survey: A Majority of Remodelers Aren’t Prepared for Overtime Changes

NRCA Gives Up Fight Against Silica Rule

Tangier Island’s Uncertain Future

OSHA Fines to Jump 78% Effective Aug. 1

New Bipartisan Bill in Congress Pushes Tax Credit for Aging-in-Place Retrofits

108 House Members Decry Obama Administration’s Proposed Revamp of Overtime Rule

Cement Association Pushes Back Against EPA

Proposed Overtime Rule Would Cover Many More Workers

A Remodeling Insider’s Capitol Hill Forecast

Storm Brewing over New Lead Paint Law

Money Unspent, Louisiana House-Lifting Program May Terminate

New Jersey’s Flood Buyouts Happening Near Rivers, Not the Ocean

Jersey Shore Recovery Update

Judge Slaps Insurance Company Lawyers in Sandy Flood Case

According to OSHA, Brett Collins’ Life Was Worth $2,363

Court Rules BP Grossly Negligent in Gulf Oil Spill Trial

Contractors – Will your use of Subcontractors land you in Jail too?

FEMA Resumes Letting New Home Buyers Assume Current Flood Insurance Policy

FEMA Sets Priorities for Enacting Flood-Insurance Relief Bill

President Obama Signs Flood Insurance Relief Bill Into Law

Taking a Closer Look at Private Flood Insurance

Congress Rolls Back Flood Insurance Hikes

Congress Passes Flood Insurance Relief Bill

Senate Vote on Flood Insurance Is Back on Track

Legislation Is the Mother of Invention

House Passes Flood Insurance Relief Bill

House to Vote on Flood Insurance Wednesday

House to Modify Flood Insurance Reform Bill

House Financial Services Chair on Flood Reform: ‘I Hope.’

NARI Urges OSHA to Postpone Silica Rule

Senate Votes to Delay Biggert-Waters Rate Hikes

White House Opposes Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act

Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act Advances in Senate

Appeal Promised in $1.15 Billion Lead-Paint Abatement Case

Biggert-Waters Is Here to Stay, Says Boehner

House Delays Flood-Insurance Hikes for Some; Senate Action Next

Senators Try New Tactic in Bid to Stall Flood-Insurance Rate Hikes

New Jersey May Require Sprinklers In New Homes

New Controversy Over New York Scaffold Law

Oklahoma High Court Upholds Workers Comp Reform

Hopes Fade in Congress for Quick Action on Flood Insurance Rate Hikes

OSHA Stirs up Some Dust With Its Crystalline Silica Rulemaking

Undocumented Workers Ruled Eligible For Workers Comp Benefits In Iowa

Undocumented Workers Ruled Eligible For Workers Comp Benefits In Iowa

Home Improvement Laws: Stay Up to Date or Prepare to Pay Up

Delay Flood Insurance Hikes? Not So Fast, Coalition of Insurers and Green Groups Says

Another Delay for Small-Business Health Exchanges? Depends on Whom You Ask.

Does The United States Need More Immigrant Construction Labor?

Legislators Race to Buy Time as Flood Insurance Rate Spike Threatens Homeowners

Maryland Counties Get Power To Clean Up Nuisance Properties

Will The Shutdown Affect The Housing Market?

New Law Requires NJ Contractors Wear a Badge

Why your ‘rep’ gets a bad rap, and what you can do about it

Tight Lies: Regular Worker or Independent Contractor?

The One Way To Resolve Remodelers’ Hiring Woes

Delay in Obamacare’s Employee Mandate More Symbolic Than Real

Waterlogged: Flood Insurance Relief Short-Lived

Lead-Paint Rule Backer Rebuts NAHB, Says: Look to Your Own Ethics Code

NAHB to Critic: We’re Right for Wanting Lead-Paint Rule Reform

New Jersey May Mandate That Remodelers Wear I.D. Badges

Remodelers, Others Poke Holes in Arguments for Extending Lead-Paint Rule

Letter to the Editor: Why NAHB, Inhofe Are Wrong About Lead-Paint Rule

Builders Say Flood Insurance Reform Hurts Some Homeowners

One-Sided Support Grows on Capitol Hill To Alter Lead-Paint Rule

NAHB Remodeling Leader Presses EPA Chief on Lead-Paint Rule

Fix Lead-Paint Rule, NAHB Remodelers’ Chief Urges House Panel

House Bill Seeks To Revise Lead-Paint Rule

EPA Losing a Bundle on Its Lead-Based Paint Program

Sandy Aid Money Not Yet Flowing

Prevailing wage controversy roils immigration reform debate

Act Responsibly: Spray Polyurethane Foam Installation Requires Care

California Adopts New Building Standards

New Tax on Wood Creates Confusion in California

Bill Bans Use of Sulfur-Tainted Drywall

OSHA Extends Temporary Fall-Protection Enforcement Once Again

Energy on Loan: the SAVE Act

Massive Health Care Law Reshapes Builders’ Employee Benefits

Window & Door Sales Seen Heading Up

Solar Systems Hot But Not For Home Improvement Companies

Resources for Health Care Tax Credits

Top Issues for Remodelers: NARI Lobbyist Talks About Legislation and Regulatory Issues

Bipartisan Legislation in House to Reform EPA RRP Rules

Window Sales Fall In Year After Tax Credits Expire

NARI Supports Inhofe LRRP Amendments

Oklahoma Senator Inhofe Introduces LRRP Amendments

Two-Month Tax Cut Extension

SAVE Act Would Help Boost Retrofit Work

Across the Lines: New Immigration Laws Could Change the Way You Do Business

Debt-limit Compromise Elusive as Separate Strategies Take Shape in House, Senate

Congress Dim for Taking on Light Bulbs

BREAKING: EPA Says No Need for Lead Clearance Testing

BUILD Act Inching Closer to Reality

NARI Lobbies for LRRP Changes

Energy Stars: These Remodelers Made the Most of Various Grants and Programs for Energy-Efficient Upgrades

Are Taxes in the U.S. High or Low?

JLC Report: Residential Fire-Sprinkler Requirement

Congress Tackles Flood Insurance Reform Agains

White House Says Small-Biz Recovery a Work in Progress