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Branka Minic’s Plan to Build and Retain a Talented Workforce

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The need is pressing: In a National Association of Home Builders survey earlier this year, 85% of members said skilled labor availability and cost are among their most significant challenges, and NAHB forecasts the need for 2.2 million new workers by 2025. BM: The industry is going through a major shift right now.

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The Construction Industry’s Recovery

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The overall employment numbers are encouraging as well. NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe attributed the improved outlook on sustained job growth, low mortgage rates and affordable home prices are “helping to unleash pent-up demand.”. In August the industry notched its eighth-straight month of job gains , adding 20,000 workers.

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HBI President Ed Brady’s Call to Action to Solve the Construction Industry’s Labor Shortage

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At the International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando last month, Ed Brady, president of the Home Builders Institute (HBI)—the educational arm of the national Association of Home Builders ( NAHB )—led the call to action for solving the housing industry’s chronic skilled labor shortage. . 2022 Housing Forecast: Opportunities and Challenges.

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