Builder Review continues its highlight of the more than
100 initiatives by your HBA that have saved HBA members during the last
year. Below is another way your HBA is saving our members money.
Homeownership Campaign Reaches More than 25 Million Americans. NAHB launched a nationwide Protect Homeownership campaign in 2012 to safeguard the mortgage interest deduction and other pro-housing policies. The successful campaign attracted thousands of policymakers, business owners, community leaders and consumers to learn the facts, sign a petition and attend rallies in political swing states this election year. Overall, NAHB was able to reach more than 25 million Americans through newspapers, radio and television news and social media. Our efforts to elevate housing on the national agenda sent a powerful message to the media and members of Congress: Americans value homeownership, and lawmakers need to support pro-housing policies that will create jobs, help local communities to flourish and make it easier for buyers to purchase homes.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
NAHB: Top 12 Accomplishments Summer 2012, Number 4: Elevating Housing Profile
Builder Review Daily is highlighting the top 12 actions taken on behalf of Home Builders so far this Spring.
Accomplishment number 4: Elevating Housing Issues in the Current Election Cycle Through Homeownership Rallies, a Nationwide Petition and Media Outreach
Highlighting the importance of homeownership to the voting public and putting housing issues in the spotlight for the November elections, NAHB has now held four successful Homeownership Rallies and has five more such events scheduled in key swing states across the country in coming weeks. These efforts, along with more positive data on the housing front, have contributed to a general improvement in the way that the media has been reporting on housing and the recognition that housing is emerging as a leading factor in the economic recovery.
NAHB has now held four successful Homeownership Rallies since the beginning of this year, the latest of which was in Detroit on July 20. Each of these events has drawn hundreds of participants and very good media coverage in their respective local markets. As part of these efforts, NAHB has also developed the ProtectHomeownership.com website, which details the threats that housing faces in the current policy debate and the need to protect homeownership incentives within our national housing policy. The site also allows visitors to sign our petition in support of homeownership. Additional homeownership rallies have now been scheduled for Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 25; Milwaukee, Wis. on Oct. 2; Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 9; Richmond, Va., on Oct. 11; and Las Vegas on Oct. 18.
Meanwhile, there’s been a notable increase in the number of positive media reports on housing over the past two months, and NAHB has done its part to keep the positive momentum going by reaching out to the press at every opportunity with our perspectives on the latest data. One key message on which we’ve focused is the fact that residential construction is now starting to reassume its traditional role of helping to lead the economy forward following a recession. We’ve also compiled some of the latest positive news reports on housing at www.nahb.org/goodnews and encouraged our members to use these resources to make the case to their customers that housing is on the rebound, home prices are stabilizing and now is a great time to buy a new home.
Accomplishment number 4: Elevating Housing Issues in the Current Election Cycle Through Homeownership Rallies, a Nationwide Petition and Media Outreach
Highlighting the importance of homeownership to the voting public and putting housing issues in the spotlight for the November elections, NAHB has now held four successful Homeownership Rallies and has five more such events scheduled in key swing states across the country in coming weeks. These efforts, along with more positive data on the housing front, have contributed to a general improvement in the way that the media has been reporting on housing and the recognition that housing is emerging as a leading factor in the economic recovery.
NAHB has now held four successful Homeownership Rallies since the beginning of this year, the latest of which was in Detroit on July 20. Each of these events has drawn hundreds of participants and very good media coverage in their respective local markets. As part of these efforts, NAHB has also developed the ProtectHomeownership.com website, which details the threats that housing faces in the current policy debate and the need to protect homeownership incentives within our national housing policy. The site also allows visitors to sign our petition in support of homeownership. Additional homeownership rallies have now been scheduled for Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 25; Milwaukee, Wis. on Oct. 2; Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 9; Richmond, Va., on Oct. 11; and Las Vegas on Oct. 18.
Meanwhile, there’s been a notable increase in the number of positive media reports on housing over the past two months, and NAHB has done its part to keep the positive momentum going by reaching out to the press at every opportunity with our perspectives on the latest data. One key message on which we’ve focused is the fact that residential construction is now starting to reassume its traditional role of helping to lead the economy forward following a recession. We’ve also compiled some of the latest positive news reports on housing at www.nahb.org/goodnews and encouraged our members to use these resources to make the case to their customers that housing is on the rebound, home prices are stabilizing and now is a great time to buy a new home.
Monday, February 13, 2012
NAHB Board video features South Carolina's Rally for Homeownership
Last month more than 900 housing professionals visited the South Carolina State House to rally to support homeownership in South Carolina. Featured speakers included Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich, Congressman Jim Clyburn, State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, Columbia Mayor Pro Tem Leona Plaugh, NAHB Chairman Elect Barry Rutenberg, and HBASC President David Gully.
The video features statements from S.C. Governor Nikki Haley and Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Watch the NAHB Board video featuring the S.C. Rally for Homeownership by clicking here.
The video features statements from S.C. Governor Nikki Haley and Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin.
Watch the NAHB Board video featuring the S.C. Rally for Homeownership by clicking here.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Gingrich, Clyburn homeownership rally speeches posted
Did you miss the Homeownership Works Rally? Wish you had been there to hear Speaker Newt Gingrich and Congressman Jim Clyburn talk about their positions on homeownership?
Both are now available for viewing thanks to the South Carolina REALTORS® association.
Click here to view Congressman Jim Clyburn.
Click here to view Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Both are now available for viewing thanks to the South Carolina REALTORS® association.
Click here to view Congressman Jim Clyburn.
Click here to view Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Housing takes the national stage at rally in Columbia today
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| Newt Gingrich speaking at housing rally on State House steps |
Speaker Gingrich "stole the show" by committing to protect the mortgage interest deduction and repeal Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, and "Obamacare." He also pledged to make tax exempt investments made by home builders and other businesses in equipment for their businesses. Gingrich, Clyburn, and Watts all signed NAHB's housing petition. You can read and sign the housing petition at rallyforhomeownership.com by clicking here.
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| Newt Gingrich signing the housing pledge. |
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| Newt Gingrich greets a future Home Builder and voter. |
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| Newt Gingrich leaves the rally with the national press in tow. |
With the South Carolina GOP presidential primary just around the corner, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and its local affiliates joined with politicians, consumer advocates, the Urban League, the NAACP, Realtors, the local Chamber of Commerce and others to elevate housing issues in the current election cycle held a special Rally for Homeownership today at the statehouse in Columbia, S.C.
Headliners at the event included former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), which demonstrates that support for homeownership extends across the political spectrum and is a true American ideal.
“At a time when homeownership is under attack, the rally will help draw public and media attention to the need to maintain homeownership as a national priority through federal policies that keep the mortgage interest deduction intact, ensure that affordable home mortgages and low downpayment options remain readily available, open the flow of credit to home buyers and small businesses and resolve the ongoing foreclosure crisis,” said NAHB Chairman-elect Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla., who will also address rally participants.
South Carolina voters strongly support homeownership and oppose any efforts to undermine the mortgage interest deduction and to make it more difficult for qualified borrowers to obtain affordable home loans, according to a new statewide poll conducted on behalf of NAHB by Public Opinion Strategies of Alexandria, Va., and Lake Research Partners of Washington, D.C.
“In South Carolina, the Mortgage Interest Deduction and the ability to have access to affordable home loans are major drivers of our economy,” said Loftis. “As state treasurer, I am committed to ensuring that our tax code continues to support homeownership.”
“Homeownership provides the foundation for peace of mind, financial security and jobs in our community,” added Rep. Clyburn. “We cannot let the American Dream die.”
Concerned citizens who believe that homeownership must remain an important national policy are encouraged to turn out and take part in a petition drive that asks them to signify their support for keeping the mortgage interest deduction intact, increasing access to credit and mitigating the flow of foreclosures.
“Homeownership builds strong communities and home building creates jobs and provides a tax base that supports our local schools, police and firefighters,” said David Gully, president of the Home Builders Association of South Carolina. “We are here today to send a loud and clear message on the importance that South Carolina voters place on homeownership and to call on federal policymakers to refrain from taking steps that would weaken or eliminate our nation’s long-standing commitment to homeownership.”
The Rally for Homeownership in Columbia was sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, the Home Builders Association of South Carolina and the Greater Columbia Home Builders Association; and co-sponsored by Central Carolina Realtors Association, Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce, Manufactured Housing Institute of South Carolina, Mortgage Lenders Association of Greater Columbia, Municipal Association of South Carolina, Small Business Chamber of Columbia, South Carolina Realtors and the South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority.
National Poll highlights importance of homeownership
By an overwhelming margin, American voters strongly value homeownership and would oppose efforts to weaken or eliminate the mortgage interest deduction or diminish a federal role to help qualified home buyers obtain affordable 30-year mortgages, according to a new nationwide survey gauging likely voters’ attitudes towards homeownership and housing policy issues.
“The American electorate is sending a clear message that owning a home remains a cornerstone of the American Dream and preserving a federal commitment to homeownership is essential to maintain a thriving middle class and get housing and the economy back on track,” said Neil Newhouse, a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies.
Conducted on Jan. 2-5 on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders by the Republican and Democratic polling firms of Public Opinion Strategies in Alexandria, Va., and Lake Research Partners in Washington, D.C., the comprehensive survey of 1,500 likely voters includes data from key political “swing areas,” including National Journal political analyst Charlie Cook’s swing House and Senate seats and Stuart Rothenberg’s presidential swing states. The survey, which has a margin of error of ±2.5 percent, is a follow-up to a similar national poll conducted last May.
The poll shows that three out of four voters – both owners and renters -- believe it is appropriate and reasonable for the federal government to provide tax incentives to promote homeownership. This sentiment cuts across regional and party lines, with 84 percent of Democrats, 71 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Independents agreeing with this statement.
Also, two-thirds of respondents say that the federal government should help home buyers to afford a long-term or 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage.
Moreover, 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating the mortgage interest deduction. These figures held firm across the political spectrum, with 77 percent of Republicans, 71 percent of Democrats and 71 percent of Independents against doing away with the mortgage interest deduction.
Meanwhile, 68 percent would be less likely to vote for a congressional candidate who proposed to abolish the deduction, a figure that was virtually identical across all party affiliations (69 percent of Independents and 68 percent of Democrats and Republicans).
A majority of voters are also against proposals to reduce the mortgage interest deduction, eliminate the deduction for interest paid for a second home, limit the deduction for those earning more than $250,000 per year, scale back the deduction for home owners with mortgages above $500,000 and do away with the deduction for interest paid on home equity loans.
“With the 2012 election season in full swing, candidates running for the White House and Congress would be wise to heed the will of the American voters, who have expressed broad support for government policies that encourage homeownership and oppose efforts to make it more difficult to get a home loan and to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction,” said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners.
Among the poll’s other key findings:
According to a Pew Research Study conducted last March, 81 percent of respondents agree that buying a home is the best long-term investment a person can make and 81 percent of renters surveyed said they would like to buy a house.
“Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,” said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. “Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation’s long-term commitment to homeownership.”
Poll results can be downloaded at www.nahb.org/homeownershippoll.
“The American electorate is sending a clear message that owning a home remains a cornerstone of the American Dream and preserving a federal commitment to homeownership is essential to maintain a thriving middle class and get housing and the economy back on track,” said Neil Newhouse, a partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies.
Conducted on Jan. 2-5 on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders by the Republican and Democratic polling firms of Public Opinion Strategies in Alexandria, Va., and Lake Research Partners in Washington, D.C., the comprehensive survey of 1,500 likely voters includes data from key political “swing areas,” including National Journal political analyst Charlie Cook’s swing House and Senate seats and Stuart Rothenberg’s presidential swing states. The survey, which has a margin of error of ±2.5 percent, is a follow-up to a similar national poll conducted last May.
The poll shows that three out of four voters – both owners and renters -- believe it is appropriate and reasonable for the federal government to provide tax incentives to promote homeownership. This sentiment cuts across regional and party lines, with 84 percent of Democrats, 71 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Independents agreeing with this statement.
Also, two-thirds of respondents say that the federal government should help home buyers to afford a long-term or 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage.
Moreover, 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating the mortgage interest deduction. These figures held firm across the political spectrum, with 77 percent of Republicans, 71 percent of Democrats and 71 percent of Independents against doing away with the mortgage interest deduction.
Meanwhile, 68 percent would be less likely to vote for a congressional candidate who proposed to abolish the deduction, a figure that was virtually identical across all party affiliations (69 percent of Independents and 68 percent of Democrats and Republicans).
A majority of voters are also against proposals to reduce the mortgage interest deduction, eliminate the deduction for interest paid for a second home, limit the deduction for those earning more than $250,000 per year, scale back the deduction for home owners with mortgages above $500,000 and do away with the deduction for interest paid on home equity loans.
“With the 2012 election season in full swing, candidates running for the White House and Congress would be wise to heed the will of the American voters, who have expressed broad support for government policies that encourage homeownership and oppose efforts to make it more difficult to get a home loan and to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction,” said Celinda Lake, president of Lake Research Partners.
Among the poll’s other key findings:
- 96 percent of home owners are happy with their decision to own and 84 percent who are “underwater,” or owe more on their mortgages than their home is worth, expressed the same sentiment.
- 79 percent of home owners would advise a family member or close friend just starting out to buy a home, and 69 percent of those who are underwater on their mortgage would offer the same advice.
- 74 percent said that despite the ups and downs in the housing market, owning a home is the best long-term investment they can make.
- Homeownership and a retirement savings program are considered by voters to be their best long-term investments.
- 78 percent of respondents said that owning their own home is very important to them.
- Nearly seven out of 10 voters who are not currently home owners (68 percent) said it was a goal of theirs to buy a home.
- Job uncertainty and saving for a downpayment and closing costs are the biggest barriers to buying a home.
According to a Pew Research Study conducted last March, 81 percent of respondents agree that buying a home is the best long-term investment a person can make and 81 percent of renters surveyed said they would like to buy a house.
“Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,” said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. “Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation’s long-term commitment to homeownership.”
Poll results can be downloaded at www.nahb.org/homeownershippoll.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Speaker Newt Gingrich will speak at the Homeownership Works Rally
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| Speaker Newt Gingrich |
- Homeownership Works Rally
- Thursday, January 12, 12 noon
- South Carolina State House, Columbia, SC
- Presented by the National Association of Home Builders
The goal of this event is to publicize the state and national impact of homeownership and the housing industry. The Republican Presidential Preference Primary will take place less than two weeks after the rally. Numerous Republican candidates for President of the United States will be in South Carolina campaigning the week of the rally, and one or more are expected to attend the rally. They will be followed closely by the national media. This rally is an opportunity for Home Builders to help their National Association of Home Builders to showcase the importance of homeownership and new home construction to America.
The rally, which starts at 1 p.m., is preceded by lunch on the State House grounds at 12 noon.
Please let your HBA of Greenville know your intentions about attending this rally by registering. We will plan to arrange transportation either by bus or carpool, depending on the level of participation. Please register as early as possible so we can plan accordingly. Click here to register at HBAofGreenville.com to participate in the Homeownership Works Rally at the South Carolina State House.
Please let your HBA of Greenville know your intentions about attending this rally by registering. We will plan to arrange transportation either by bus or carpool, depending on the level of participation. Please register as early as possible so we can plan accordingly. Click here to register at HBAofGreenville.com to participate in the Homeownership Works Rally at the South Carolina State House.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
NAHB: Homeownership Works Rally at the S.C. State House on January 12
UPDATE: Speaker Newt Gingrich will appear at the Homeownership Works Rally.
The National Association of Home Builders is planning a rally at the South Carolina State House in January in to support the housing industry and homeownership in America—The American Dream. Every member of the Home Builders Association of Greenville is encouraged to travel to the State House in Columbia to participate.
The National Association of Home Builders is planning a rally at the South Carolina State House in January in to support the housing industry and homeownership in America—The American Dream. Every member of the Home Builders Association of Greenville is encouraged to travel to the State House in Columbia to participate.
- Homeownership Works Rally
- Thursday, January 12, 12 noon
- South Carolina State House, Columbia, SC
- Presented by the National Association of Home Builders
The goal of this event is to publicize the state and national impact of homeownership and the housing industry. The Republican Presidential Preference Primary will take place less than two weeks after the rally. Numerous Republican candidates for President of the United States will be in South Carolina campaigning the week of the rally, and one or more are expected to attend the rally. They will be followed closely by the national media. This rally is an opportunity for Home Builders to help their National Association of Home Builders to showcase the importance of homeownership and new home construction to America.
The rally, which starts at 1 p.m., is preceded by lunch on the State House grounds at 12 noon.
Please let your HBA of Greenville know your intentions about attending this rally by registering. We will plan to arrange transportation either by bus or carpool, depending on the level of participation. Please register as early as possible so we can plan accordingly. Click here to register at HBAofGreenville.com to participate in the Homeownership Works Rally at the South Carolina State House.
Please let your HBA of Greenville know your intentions about attending this rally by registering. We will plan to arrange transportation either by bus or carpool, depending on the level of participation. Please register as early as possible so we can plan accordingly. Click here to register at HBAofGreenville.com to participate in the Homeownership Works Rally at the South Carolina State House.
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