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Home Builders Association of Central Arizona

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Jun 20, 2024

Hobbs vetoes slew of water bills

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday vetoed five bills changing water laws in Arizona, concluding they would cause more harm than good.

Jul 2, 2021

Home builders leave residents of unincorporated areas helpless

With wildcat and master planned community development, Arizona is becoming a fractured state of conflicting water usage, and enormous drains on our resources are uncontrolled. Unplanned developments are springing up wherever developers see a profit to be made and the local community is left without a say in how their community is developed.

In this August 2012 photo, a carpenter drives a nail into the frame of a home under construction in Phoenix. (Photo by LeBlanc/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Feb 26, 2018

Construction industry relies on training programs, ex-prisoners to fill jobs

Since the recession that plagued the previous decade, Arizona has struggled to grow one of its biggest contributors to the economy: the construction industry.

Jun 19, 2014

Corp Comm candidates question APS’ neutrality

Two Republican candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission are asking pointed questions to the head of Arizona Public Service, wary that the utility is secretly aiding their primary opponents in the race for seats on the regulatory agency.

Apr 9, 2014

SRP board member ‘stunned’ at APS’ electioneering

Arizona’s largest utility, Arizona Public Service, has expanded its scope of political involvement to include the election of another utility’s board of directors.

Apr 8, 2014

Compromise may prevent fed takeover of state safety program

Residential and commercial builders’ groups are hopeful that a compromise on Arizona’s safety standards for construction workers will prevent a federal takeover of the state’s decades-old worker safety agency.

Report: Surge in new-home sales signals rebound under way
Dec 10, 2012

Report: Surge in new-home sales signals rebound under way

According to a report by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business, 1,021 new single-family homes were sold in the Phoenix area during October, an 85 percent increase from the same month last year.

Apr 9, 2012

AZ House OKs secrecy for environmental reports

Mining companies and other businesses will be allowed to keep environmental studies secret, even if they detail possible pollution problems, under industry-backed legislation that gained final House approval Monday. Under the measure headed to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, environmental audits generally could not be used as evidence in civil cases.

Mar 12, 2012

After ‘worst year ever’ new home sales show slight improvement in January

Six years ago, it was common for buyers to wait in front of new home sales offices to see who would win the privilege of purchasing one of the several lots the builder had selected to release for sale that day.

Mar 11, 2010

Power line cost pits lawmakers vs. ACC  

The Arizona Corporation Commission decided three years ago that homebuilders should pay the cost of extending power lines to new houses, but some lawmakers now want to go back to the way things used to be and force utility companies to foot the bill.

Nov 25, 2009

Repeal of mortgage bill signed into law

The Arizona Bankers Association's goal of clamping down on speculative investors who fueled the state's foreclosure crisis will have to wait, now that state lawmakers and Gov. Jan Brewer repealed contested foreclosure legislation passed earlier this year.

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