PB March 2003

With the results of their National Older Adult Housing Survey 2002, the NAHB Research Center and Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies pinpoint the community features, products and design techniques that facilitate aging in place.

Nehemiah Corp. of California is working with builders to bring homeownership opportunities to more people by offering down-payment assistance.

So breathtaking in scope is a draft growth plan for the western half of Riverside County, Calif., that some environmental activists previously opposed to any growth are working with builders and local officials to hammer out a deal.

It might not take a rocket scientist to build great homes, but that doesn't stop Atlanta-area builder Amy Rowe.

Community relations have never been more important for builders and developers, particularly on infill locations where neighbors are close to the job site.

Housing history was made at the NAHB's recent International Builders' Show when the country's three regional model building code organizations merged into a single entity, the International Code Council, in an official signing ceremony.

Eighteen months ago, former stock trader turned real estate broker Brian Hickey opened an Internet-based service from which builders can get targeted listings of old homes that sellers are willing to unload as tear-downs in affluent, infill neighborhoo...

Home technology - from Cat-5 wiring for offices to audio/video cabling for theater systems - adds a new layer of complexity to new home construction. And, increasingly, a huge knowledge gap is emerging.

When I was a kid, my family made the 500-mile trek from our home in southern Indiana to northern Michigan most every summer.