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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>
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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>Fire Sprinklers the subject of state hearing by Martine Powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2011/12/13/during-state-hearing-firefighters-argue-for-sprinkler-requirement-new-homes/Msux41E3KCBkPoosy9sdRL/story.html
Globe Staff  
December 13, 2011
Firefighters and home builders today argued at a Board of Building Regulations and Standards hearing on installing fire sprinklers in newly constructed homes.
At the hearing, held in the State House, much of the debate came down to cost: Officials from fire departments around the state argued that the sprinkler systems, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State House News Report on Sprinkler Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR HOME SPRINKLER REQUIREMENT
 By Kyle Cheney
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 13, 2011…..Firefighters, mourning the loss of one of their own in a Worcester house fire last week, pleaded with state public safety officials Tuesday to give cities and towns the authority to require sprinkler systems in new one- or two-family homes.

But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stretch Sprinkler Code Talking Points</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1881</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1881#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stretch Sprinkler Code]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Home Builders Association of Massachusetts
Position regarding Massachusetts 780 CMR 115.BB 
Stretch Sprinkler Code
Talking Points
 

Members of the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts (HBAM) are committed to a uniform State Building Code that ensures public safety and promotes cost effectiveness.



Local option code provisions would return Massachusetts to a fragmented building code process much like that which existed prior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Policy Fund Sprinkler Appeal Letter</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1879</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1879#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 23, 2011

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSSETTS
CALL TO ACTION
ONE AND TWO FAMILY SPRINKLERS

In May, 2011 we wrote our builder and remodeler members asking for their support in combating the State Fire Marshall’s efforts to mandate, through a Stretch Sprinkler Code, fire sprinklers in all new one and two family residential construction.  Many of our members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter Fall 2011</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1873</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1873#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Please click here to read a copy of the latest Public Policy Newsletter!
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		<title>Sustainable Neighborhood Road Design</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1665</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1665#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DSchaeffer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Planning Association—Massachusetts Chapter (APA-MA) and the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts (HBAM) jointly announce publication of Sustainable Neighborhood Road Design—A Guidebook for Massachusetts Cities and Towns, May, 2011.  “The Guidebook,” stated Secretary Bialecki, of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED), “advances the Patrick Administration’s goal of having clear and consistent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HBAM 2011-2012 Legislative Package</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/1496</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/1496#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Fierro III Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislative Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Policy Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS  
2011-2012 Legislative Package  
The following is a summary of the bills submitted by the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts for consideration in the 187th Session of the Massachusetts Legislature: 
H. 1442, Act Relative To Subdivision Ways
 Sponsor:           Rep. Kevin G. Honan (D-Boston)
This legislation would amend the G.L. c. 82 to insert a new section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Stretch&#8221; Energy Code Information</title>
		<link>http://hbama.com/archives/190</link>
		<comments>http://hbama.com/archives/190#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Fierro III Esq.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislative Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stretch Energy Code]]></category>

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The Home Builders Association of Massachusetts is a statewide trade association that is affiliated with both local homebuilder associations and the National Association of Home Builders. The more than 1,700 member companies of the Home Builders Association of Massachusetts, Inc. are involved in all aspects of the development, construction and sale of new single-family homes, [...]]]></description>
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