Shifting Winds for Regulations
NAHB has just wrapped up the 2025 International Builders’ Show (IBS), and it was a tremendous success. During the event I was honored to be installed as NAHB’s 2025 chairman of the board. I am humbled by the responsibility, and grateful for the support of so many friends and colleagues.
One of NAHB’s most important roles is that of advocate on behalf of our members. We push for common sense regulations that do not needlessly burden home builders and remodelers.
The United States has thousands of regulations that affect the way we build and remodel homes, how we run our businesses, access credit, and many other aspects of American life. These regulations discourage innovation and new productive capacity.
A New Environment
Two significant things occurred that may reduce regulatory burden on our industry: President Trump’s executive orders on deregulation, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling on Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo.
President Trump has made it deregulation is a top priority. He has already issued an executive order requiring that whenever a federal agency promulgates a new rule, regulation, or guidance, it must identify at least 10 existing ones to be repealed.
It also requires that for fiscal year 2025, the total incremental cost of all new regulations, including repealed regulations, be significantly less than zero. The executive order notes that “overregulation stops American entrepreneurship, crushes small business, reduces consumer choice, discourages innovation, and infringes on the liberties of American citizens.”
Trump also issued an executive order that prohibits federal agencies from proposing “any rule … until a department or agency head appointed or designated by the President … reviews and approves the rule.”
The other matter, the SCOTUS ruling in the Loper Bright case, means that federal agencies now have less discretion to impose new regulations that Congress did not clearly authorize. This is a victory for NAHB and for all who believe that federal regulations often go far beyond the intent of Congress.
Ongoing Involvement
As 2025 chairman, I can assure you that NAHB will be fully engaged in reducing regulatory burden on home builders and remodelers.
Rolling back regulations does not happen overnight. We must be persistent, and remain involved. I encourage everyone in the industry to get involved in their local home builders association and NAHB Remodelers. This is an incredible opportunity to shape government policies at the local, state and federal levels.
NAHB is the voice of the housing industry. No other association in this space can match the strength of our advocacy team. Let your voice resonate through NAHB. I hope you’ll join us.
Useful Tools
May is National Home Remodeling Month, when the NAHB Remodelers Council launches an annual campaign to highlight the benefits of hiring a professional remodeler.
Consumers can find tips on how to choose a remodeler and links to find one in their community. Remodelers will find tools to help promote the industry and local members. The materials include sample social media posts, web banners, press releases, and other materials. Members and local remodelers councils can download articles, fact sheets and a how-to kit for implementing the campaign.
Visit nahb.org/remodelers to or check us out on Facebook at facebook.com/groups/nahbremodelers.
