Employee Retention Tax Credit Ends Early

By Industry News
A provision tucked into the bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law this week by President Biden retroactively moved up the expiration of the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) to Oct. 1, 2021. The ERC had been scheduled to remain in effect through Dec. 31, 2021.

Sentiment on Multifamily Production and Occupancy Improves in the Third Quarter

By Housing
Sentiment on the production of new and occupancy in existing multifamily housing improved in the third quarter, according to the latest results from NAHB’s Multifamily Market Survey (MMS).  The MMS produces two main indices.  The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) increased five points from the previous quarter to 53, while the Multifamily Occupancy Index (MOI) also increased by five points, to… Read More ›

Year-over-Year Gains for Townhouse Construction

By Housing
According to NAHB analysis of the most recent Census data of Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design, townhouse construction in the third quarter of 2021 continued to show year-over-year construction increases. As housing demand has shifted to more suburban and exurban areas and housing affordability headwinds persist, medium-density construction lagged for much of 2020. However, demand for medium density neighborhoods… Read More ›

HBA members receive clarity on EBR Stormwater Inspections

By Advocacy

HBA members provided feedback and requests for clarification on Baton Rouge stormwater inspections, the HBA met with the BR Department of Development recently. Please click here to view the full presentation done by Kelli McNulty and Steve Shurtz with BRDPW.   

Contact information for the BR permitting and inspections department are included in HBA’s EBR Stormwater Inspection overview.

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