New chairman to focus on tackling the housing affordability crisis
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has elected new leaders into its senior ranks, NAHB announced during its winter leadership meeting last week.
Jerry Konter, a Georgia-based home builder and developer with more than 40 years of experience, will take over the role of NAHB’s chairman of the board this year. Chuck Fowke, NAHB’s elected chairman in 2021, will remain on the executive team as immediate past chairman.
Under his leadership, Konter said that the top priority for 2022 “will be to work with policymakers to resolve ongoing supply chain disruptions and labor shortages.”
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“We will also work with Congress and the Biden administration to tackle America’s housing affordability crisis by removing regulatory barriers, adopting practical workforce development and immigration policy that will help our industry fill open jobs, and enacting comprehensive housing finance reform to ensure that single-family and multifamily credit remains readily available and affordable,” he said.
Also appointed as new leaders were Alicia Huey as first vice chairman of the board, Carl Harris as second vice chairman, and Buddy Hughes as third vice chairman.
Finally, Jerry Howard will be the new CEO of the trade association. He was promoted from his previous position as NAHB’s chief tax counsel.
