The State Affairs is a new quarterly newsletter to keep members of the Federation informed of key state and local housing issues.

Overall housing starts decreased 14.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.32 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Within this overall number, single-family starts decreased 12.4% to a 1.02 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. The multifamily sector decreased 21.7% to an annualized 299,000 pace.

NAHB advocates for its members year-round on various issues affecting residential construction. Now, members can watch short-form videos directly from NAHB&rsquo's staff experts about housing industry-related legislative and regulatory matters.

NAHB's Senior Officers will host a series of Virtual Townhall Meetings on Thursday, May 9, for members and HBA leadership to discuss emerging issues in their local communities.

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 51 in April, unchanged from March, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. This breaks a three-month period of gains for the index, which nonetheless remains above the key breakeven point of 50.

Following a unanimous decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court today, California home owners, builders and developers may now challenge improper local impact fees for housing development even if the fees are authorized by legislation.

The NAHB Nominations Committee has certified one candidate for 2025 Third Vice Chairman: Gary Campbell, from Lowell, Mass., who is a member of the Northeast Builders & Remodelers Association of Massachusetts. He will address the NAHB Leadership Council in June at the Spring Leadership Meetings in Washington, D.C. Here is his statement.

The Board of Directors will convene virtually on Tuesday, April 16, at 10 a.m. ET. A livestream of the meeting is available on nahb.org for NAHB members and HBA executive officers.

NAHB, a leader in safety and health education and compliance assistance for residential construction, has released a new mobile tool called the NAHB Jobsite Safety Handbook.

Thirteen NAHB member leaders from across the country recently came to Washington, D.C., to discuss industry issues with government officials and learn more about the inner workings of the Federation. The emerging HBA leaders gathered in the nation’s capital as part of the NAHB Spring Leadership Orientation.