The 21st Century Building Expo & Conference will hold certification training on the new Lead-Based Paint Repair, Renovation & Painting Program on Friday, September 17, at the Charlotte Convention Center.
The Lead-Based Paint RRP program went into effect in North Carolina on January 1, 2010. Remodelers, contractors, painters, drywall installers, window installers, carpenters, electricians, maintenance workers and other specialty trade contractors are required to have this training if performing work for compensation in homes and child-occupied facilities built pre-1978.
The course fee will be $225, which includes course materials, admission to the Expo Floor and lunch Sept. 16 and 17, and access to all general session seminars held during the conference. Click here to download a registration form. Course is limited to 30 participants. Contact Heather Crews at for more information.
For more information about the 21st Century Building Expo & Conference, visit www.21buildingexpo.com.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5297 (Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010) by a vote of 241-182. This bill provides $30 billion in loans to community banks and other lending institutions to make loans to small businesses. Prior to the final vote, our Representative Brad Miller (D-NC) offered a critical amendment that allows builders to be eligible for these loans. Working closely with us and NAHB, Rep. Miller’s amendment ensures that builders will be able to obtain access to these funds for AD&C purposes. This bill now goes to the Senate for further consideration.
While this is an important first step, the best solution to the AD&C crisis remains that contained in H.R. 5409 (The Residential Construction Lending Act) also introduced by Rep. Miller on May 26. That bill establishes a loan guarantee program for lenders who provide construction loans to builders with viable projects and a track record of success.
This is the same bill that we asked you to contact your Representative about on May 28. Many of you have done so and we appreciate it. For those of you who have not yet done so, please click the link below and help us gain co-sponsors for H.R. 5409. It is critical to the future of our industry.
Registration for the Southeast’s premier home building tradeshow, the 21st Century Building Expo & Conference, is officially open. We invite builders, remodelers, subcontractors, realtors and other industry professionals to attend the 21CBEC in Charlotte, N.C. September 15-17.
The 21CBEC is your chance to see a large array of the products and services available from the industry’s leading manufacturers and suppliers. The Expo floor, open Sept. 16 and Sept. 17, is free if you register by Sept. 14. Don't miss this opportunity to gain new insights and product ideas.
In addition, the 21CBEC will offer more than 50 general session seminars, North Carolina Builder Institute courses and NAHB Education classes over the three-day conference. Builders, remodelers, and associates will go home with new ideas and techniques to reinvigorate their business.
The Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program mandates that contractors, property managers and others working for compensation, in homes and child-occupied facilities built before 1978, must be trained and use lead-safe work practices. They are also required to provide the lead pamphlet "Renovate Right; Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools" to owners and occupants before starting renovation work.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals struck down Union County’s Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) and its Voluntary Mitigation Payment (VMP) in a decision handed down on December 8, 2009. A panel of three appellate judges unanimously reversed a decision by the trial court upholding the ordinance and remanded the case back to Union County Superior Court for further proceedings consistent with the opinion. The court agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that the North Carolina General Assembly “neither expressly nor impliedly authorized the defendant (county) to adopt the APFO.”
The case was brought by the Union County Land Owners Association, made up of Union County builders and NCHBA members, including Craft Development, R.D. Harrell Company, and Fairview Developers, against the APFO adopted by the Union County Commissioners in October of 2006. The ordinance provided that a residential development would be rejected if the county found that the plans would overburden the capacity of schools serving the development. However, if the landowner was willing to pay a VMP totaling almost $16,000 per house, the development could proceed.
