As thousands of homeowners take on home remodeling projects this spring, we celebrate May as National Home Remodeling Month! Increasing home value, completing needed maintenance and improving energy-efficiency are just some of the reasons many are choosing to remodel instead of purchasing new homes. The number of existing housing units in the United States exceeds 143 million, and American households spent approximately $480 billion over the last four quarters on maintaining and improving their homes.

Remodeler members! On April 21st, the NAHB survey team emailed residential remodelers a link to the 2025 Remodelers’ Cost of Doing Business Survey. This confidential survey measures the impact of increased costs on remodelers’ profitability. Aggregated results will be published in the next edition of the Remodelers’ Cost of Doing Business Study. Remodelers who participate in the survey will receive a free electronic copy of the study. To receive a confidential link to the survey, please email Rose Quint (rquint@nahb.org), NAHB’s AVP for Survey Research.

Exciting news for our Summer Social, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Assistant Vice President of Government Affairs, Heather Voorman, will be our special guest! Further details on our summer events will be coming soon. Committee meetings and the Summer Social/BUILD-PAC event will be held on Tuesday, July 29^th and the Summer Board meeting will take place the morning of Wednesday, July 30^th.

The 69^th Legislative Session has wrapped! NDAB, which includes our lobbyist Lisa Feldner with Integrity Public Affairs, had a presence at the ND State Capitol Building every day while the legislature was in session. The NDAB Government Affairs Committee met weekly to discuss important bills related to our industry. We will release NDAB’s Top Ten Bills from the session to all members soon.

Don’t forget to register and book your room for the NAHB Spring Leadership Meetings & Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. (June 10-13). NAHB’s Hotel Block ends on May 16^th. The Legislative Conference, NAHB’s most important lobbying event, will take place on Wednesday, June 11, in conjunction with the Spring Leadership Meeting. This is a unique opportunity for members to speak one-on-one with their elected representatives on Capitol Hill and to push for housing policies that will help their businesses and our industry.  The NAHB Fall Leadership Meetings will be in Denver, Colorado on November 17-19.

Upcoming Dates

• NAHB Spring Leadership Meeting and Legislative Conference: June 10-13 (Washington, DC)
• Summer Social and Meetings: July 29-30 (Minot)
• Annual Banquet and Meetings: November 4-5 (Grand Forks)
• NAHB Fall Leadership Meeting: November 17-19 (Denver, CO)

Please reach out to me with any questions about NDAB or your membership!

brittney@ndbuild.com

Brittney Roehrich, NDAB CEO