As a part of the 2008 Spring Legislative Conference, Kathleen Maisonville, HBAGTA Executive Officer, makes time to visit our legislative officials in Washington, DC. Kathy is pictured with representatives of the Michigan Association of Home Builders (MAHB) along with representatives from other Michigan associations.
The Home Builders Association, statewide, locally and nationally has a mission to [...]
Category Archives: Legislation
Executive Officer Kathy Maisonville Visits Washington, DC
May 2, 2008 – 12:15 pm
Code Corner - Ask a Question
May 2, 2008 – 11:10 am
Ask your questions regarding Code or Licensing Issues by posting your question on the comments section of this page and the answers will be posted. If you would like to send a question via email, send an email to the Home Builders Association of the Grand Traverse Area, Inc. and Roger Papineau, our [...]
2006 Michigan Residential Code Books Available Soon
April 29, 2008 – 3:27 pm
The 2006 Michigan Residential Code Books and 2006 Michigan Building Code Books will be available by the end of April. If you would like to order any of the required Michigan Code Books in advance, download the attached form. Instructions are provided on the form.
HBAGTA 2006 Michigan Code Book Order Form
New Legislation Affecting Residential Builders and Maintenance and Alteration Contractors
March 11, 2008 – 11:24 am
The HBAGTA General Membership Meeting held on Monday March 10, 2008 included a presentation and panel discussion on the changing license laws for builders and maintenance & alterations contractors in the State of Michigan. Click on the links below to download the information that has been distributed to this point. Any updated [...]
Qualifying Officers Come Under the Increasing Professionalism Laws
February 12, 2008 – 1:39 pm
PA 157 of 2007 requires all Qualifying Officers for a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership to hold an active license as an individual Residential Builder or Individual Maintenance and Alteration Contractor in order to serve as a Qualifying Officer.
If a Qualifying Officer for one of these entities does not hold an active [...]
MAHB Capitol Update
November 8, 2007 – 12:13 pm
First I want to thank all of you who have been responding to my request from this morning on your thoughts of replacement funds if the services tax is repealed. The response has been over whelming – keep them coming.
Secondly, I want to give you a quick update of what happened Down at the [...]
If At First You Don't Succeed, Try Try Again
November 7, 2007 – 11:51 am
Members of the Michigan Legislature have finally realized the errors of their ways (passing a services tax in the wee hours of the morning on October 1) to balance the budget. Of course we told them this was a major mistake while they were considering it. The service tax – which will bring [...]
Home Builders Support Energy Efficiency Tax Credits for Michigan Homeowners
October 29, 2007 – 2:18 pm
Governor Jennifer Granholm has proclaimed Tuesday, October 30 as Weatherization Day in Michigan!
Michigan Tax Credits For Michigan Home Owners
Traverse City Election Candidate Forum
October 5, 2007 – 3:30 pm
The Home Builders Association of the Grand Traverse Area, Inc. in partnership with the Builders Exchange of Northwest Michigan will offer a Traverse City election Candidate Forum to be held October 24, 2007. The forum will be held at the Holiday Inn in Traverse City from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. The following candidates will be [...]
Government Shutdown Averted
October 4, 2007 – 5:10 pm
For months Lansing has known there was going to be a budget shortfall for the 2008 Fiscal Year. Since January for those of us who have been around long enough knew there were three items that needed immediate attention. The first was fixing the shortfall for the 2007 fiscal [...]