NAHB Urges Discounts for Resilient, Code-Compliant Homes
For homes built above and beyond the minimum building codes and standards, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) advocates for premium reductions and financial incentives to tackle affordability concerns and insurance coverage inadequacies. Homes certified by the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) are built to exceed modern building codes, leveraging a higher up-front cost in return for increased value and lower financial burdens in the form of energy costs and maintenance requirements in the long run. As a result, the NAHB encourages state regulators to consider the supporting data pointing to how third-party certified green homes should be eligible for incentive programs to offset the costs to builders and consumers in a way that boosts the economy by promoting the development and selection of safer, more efficient homes.
