The Builder's Daily (Page 8)

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.

Policy

What Builders Lose If ENERGY STAR Gets Eliminated In EPA Cuts

A sudden move to sunset the EPA’s ENERGY STAR program threatens to unravel 30 years of progress, hitting homebuilders hard — just when they need every edge to close a sale ... and every reason to keep building higher performance homes.

Leadership

Certainty Sells Homes: Simplicity As A Spring Lifeline

Buyers are nervous—and uncertain. Builders who embed clarity, trust, and insurance upfront gain an edge. Exclusive insights from Westwood Insurance Agency’s Christine Geeslin show why radical simplicity is no longer optional.

Policy

Florida Escalates Fight For Workforce Housing Authority

The Sunshine State’s latest Live Local Act update strengthens zoning preemptions and adds legal muscle, at odds with city governments that invoke home rule protections to resist affordable housing mandates.

Policy

San Fran Plays Catch-Up In Bid To Reset Vacant Towers To Residential

Having fallen behind other urban centers in initiatives to reignite downtown economic vibrancy, San Francisco ramps up its push to convert vacant office buildings into much-needed new high-rise living.