Ron Lee Attends the 2010 NAHB Legislative Conference

       Ron Lee, as the President of the St. Tammany/Washington Parishes Home Builders Association (ST/WHBA), attended the 2010 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. last week.  The Louisiana Home Builders Association (LHBA)  spent an entire "Day on the Hill" speaking with the following congressional delegates: Senator David Vitter, Senator Mary Landrieu, Representative Steve Scalise, Representative Charlie Melancon, Congressman Ahn "Joseph" Cao, Congressman Rodney Alexander, Congressman Bill Cassidy, Congressman Charles Boustany and Congressman John Fleming.  

       During this conference, some of the many topics that were discussed are listed below.  Click on the highlighted topics to read more about them with the information coming directly from the National Association of Home Builders' website.  Ron Lee and his companies Ron Lee Homes and Hearthstone Homes by Ron Lee take pride in keeping up with the most currently real estate industry information in order to assist builders and home buyers with buying a new home, especially in this challenging economy.  Please Contact Us Directly at 985-626-7619, or vial e-mail at info@ronleehomes.com for more information regarding these and other home building industry related topics.

• The national economy will not recover until housing recovers.  Now is the time for Congress to reaffirm the vital part housing plays in the overall economy and its role in a national economic recovery. 

• Support retrofit incentive for consumers in existing homes to improve energy efficiency to create jobs and save energy in the housing sector.

• Overly conservative appraisals are limiting sales and refinance opportunities.

• Builders and developers are facing excessive credit restriction, where lenders are cutting off loans for viable new housing projects and producing unnecessary foreclosures and losses on AD&C loans.