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	<title>Home Builders Association of Massachusetts &#187; For Members</title>
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		<title>President McDowell&#8217;s Verbal Testimony from Dec. 13th Sprinkler Hearing</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1930</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[President's Message]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stretch Sprinkler Code]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Michael McDowell and I am the President of the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts, a position I assumed last month following the passing of our former President, John DeShazo. Those of you who knew John know that his energy, his wit and his insight is sorely missed by our association, and I only hope I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSL CEU Schedule</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1898</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need CEU&#8217;s during this two year period?
A lot of  people are asking us this question. Attached is a schedule based upon renewal date of your construction supervisors license. Please click here for more information.
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		<title>HBAM sadly announces the recent passing of our State President, John DeShazo</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1810</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Associations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Home Builders Association of Massachusetts, Inc. (HBAM) sadly announces the recent passing of our State President, John DeShazo, on Friday, October 28, 2011.  John assumed the presidency in June, 2011, and over this brief period his unique and charismatic leadership skills as President and Board Member of HBAM provided valuable benefit to builders, remodelers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New CODEWORD&#8211; A Message from BBRS</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1485</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1485#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Donato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BBRS & Codes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, the Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) published a periodical titled CODEWORD.  For numerous reasons, the publication was discontinued.  It has long been an agency goal to re-instate issuance of the CODEWORD.  Finally, that day is here.
For those of you who may not be familiar with it, CODEWORD typically provides topical information about activity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Builders Warn of Debilitating Provision in Health Care Bill</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/751</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/751#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Computer Guy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAHB News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Congress moves to craft a final health care bill in the coming weeks, NAHB is leading the fight with other like-minded business groups to strip a jobs-killing provision in Senate legislation H.R. 3590 that would derail the fragile housing and economic recovery by placing a major financial burden on builders. The measure was approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding 40B-the State&#8217;s Affordable Housing Statute</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/600</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/600#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Computer Guy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[40B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALERTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please view the following documents to learn more about the current 40B Massachusetts Affordable Housing Statue:

40B Fact Sheet October 2009 (pdf file)
40B Myths Oct 2009 (pdf file)
40B Map (pdf file)

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		<title>Construction Supervisor License Continuing Education Requirements</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/483</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/483#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Donato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ALERTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBRS & Codes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS


The Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) is pleased to announced that it will consider testimony pertaining to continuing education requirements for licensed construction supervisors during its November, 2009 public hearing.
As background, for those who may not be familiar, the legislature recently authorized the BBRS to approve continuing education requirements for construction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential Housing Tax Credit Fraud</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/302</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/302#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAHB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potential Housing Credit Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Potential Housing Tax Credit Fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NAHB has been made aware of a potential scam involving the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit. A member in Alabama has reported that their staff has been told by consumers that there is a way to get the $8,000 by check without having to buy a home. The offer is supposedly being made on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Signup for &#8216;Find an HBAM Member Professional&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/297</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/297#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Donato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[*** Signup for 'Find an HBAM Member Professional' ***]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sign up now so that consumers can find your services when they search the internet.
To signup click here.
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		<title>Learn About Lead Paint Rule With NAHB Audio Seminar</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/287</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/287#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NAHB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lead Paint Rule]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NAHB members can now listen to an online recording of NAHB&#8217;s audio seminar on the requirements of the new lead paint rule for free by logging in to www.nahb.org/leadpaintaudio. In the seminar, a panel of experts examines the new lead paint rule governing the work of professional remodelers where lead paint is involved.
 
Presented by NAHB [...]]]></description>
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