Ongoing Advocacy Efforts and Core Issues Include:
• Monitoring of regional City Council and other legislative body agendas
• Meet with Councilors and other elected officials to advocate for homebuilding interests as they relate to active legislative pieces
• Attend Council, and other Administrative bodies, meetings to represent homebuilding interests
• Detailed review and monitoring of Albuquerque Sector Plans
• Respond to membership concerns (i.e., inspection and development issues in Rio Rancho) by meeting with elected officials to facilitate resolutions
• Serve on various task forces and committees (Impact Fees, Master Plans, Sector Plans, Green Ribbon Task Force, etc.) to ensure the incorporation of homebuilding interests in rules and procedures, code rewrites, final regulatory documents and even laws.
• Represent homebuilding and Build Green New Mexico’s interests in the growing move towards sustainable growth through meetings and committee appointments with State Code officials, Mayor Martin Chavez’s Green Ribbon Task Force and CID.
• Advocate for the extension of vested rights in the City of Albuquerque
• Advocate for the preservation of Housing Affordability for the entire home buying public
Making your community better. Public Engagement
• Home Builders & Remodelers Showcase Largest home show in NM offering the latest in home & remodeling products, services and technologies
• Homes of Enchantment Parade Free home tour featuring a mixture of home styles available in all price ranges
Community Outreach
• Home Builders Care Consumer education, environmental action and community restoration
• Bowling Tournament Primary benefactor for the Women’s Housing Coalition
• Golf Benefit Largest tournament in NM benefiting Home builders Care projects
• Foundation For Building (501.c.3) Dedicated to providing safe, decent and affordable housing
• FHDC
• Directional Sign Program cleaning the streets and providing a true community service to the public and the City
Environmental Activism
• Build Green New Mexico Promoting sustainable building practices
• Bosque Clean-up Preserving a valuable natural resource
Professional Representation
• Production Builders Council Ensuring the adequate supply of quality, affordable housing for all New Mexicans
• Custom Builders Council Building excellence, advancement and answers in the industry.
• Remodelers Council Promoting professional remodeling through public awareness, education and ethical business practice.
Legal Defense Fund
When government entities attempt to regulate beyond the bounds of proper authority, NAHB targets these issues and seeks positive legal precedent on behalf of the industry.
-National Association of Homebuilders
What does this mean for you?
• In November of 2006 the Executive Committee unanimously recommended to the Board of Directors that $30,000 of the surplus balance from the Government Affairs budget be set aside to begin the creation of a Legal Defense Fund that would ultimately total at least $100,000.
• To date the Association has $55,000 in available legal defense funds.
• Funds have already been allocated towards the defense and extension of vested rights in the City of Albuquerque.
Build Green New Mexico
BGNM is the HBA of CNM’s sustainable building program. It utilizes the National Association of Home Builders’ Model Green Home Building Guidelines, adapted to our regional environment. The Guidelines provide builders with a flexible and systemic guide to building green.
Beyond program management and the rapid growth, BGNM has been very involved with local and state officials to incorporate its standards into the rapidly developing wave of sustainable building legislation, incentives and mandates. This Legislative Session Governor Richardson passed the Sustainable Building Tax Credit that recognizes homes built to Build Green NM’s standards, and offers up to $11,000 in tax credits. Locally, Mayor Martin Chavez has recognized our program as a means toward making Albuquerque a sustainable city. BGNM and HBA of CNM members serve on the Mayor’s Green Ribbon Task Force and are part of a team of industry leaders and elected officials working towards a building code rewrite for the City of Albuquerque.
Directional Sign Program
Part of the Government Affairs/Community Relations efforts over the past year has been concentrated on the development of the directional sign program. The program has been endorsed by the City of Albuquerque and local builders, removing the headache of proper signage from your sales and marketing operations. Our temporary kiosks are fully managed and uniform- clearing the streets of unsightly signage providing a valuable community service to the City and surrounding communities.
Homebuilders in the central New Mexico area derive over half of their sales from directional signage use. The kiosks assist future homebuyers in their search while nurturing the growth that comes from new residential development.
www.albuquerque.townsigns.com
