FINAL THOUGHT
Endangered Species W
hile I am still struggling to get up to speed with all of the social media, let me remind you that you can follow GHBA on Twitter @houstonbuilders
By GHBA vice president & CEO TOY WOOD, JD, CAE, CGA, CGP
and we do have a blog. And of course we have a number of Facebook pages maintained, thankfully, by much more talented folks than me. Following is my latest blog and I think it is important that we remind everyone “out there” that homeownership is important. And be sure to read State Representative Harold Dutton’s article in the latest issue of Texas Builder.
Endangered Species April 3, 2011
No it isn’t the spotted owl or Barton Springs salamander. How about new homeowners? The federal government, in a complete overreaction to
some problems in the mortgage industry, has now spent more than three years making building and buying a new home next to impossible. Is there a hidden agenda? I don’t know, but I do know that now with rumors of taking away the mortgage interest deduction, capital gains tax breaks, and raising the threshhold for getting a mortgage in the first place, it makes me wonder.
Homeownership is good for individuals and families, good for communities and good for the economy. Did you know that just in the Houston area alone, even at the depressed rate of new home starts, the homebuilding industry contributes $3 billion to the local economy and 60,000 jobs? Demand that your elected officials at every level do all they can to bring home buying and home building back. Home building has led our country out of the last half dozen recessions. Don’t let the feds make it impossible.
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JUNE 2011 | HOUSTON BUILDER | GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION – BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
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