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TECHNOLOGY
New App Helps Builders
This article was originally published at NAHBnow.org
Meet Accessibility Requirements of Fair Housing Act
NAHB unveiled the Pocket Guide to the Fair Housing Act, a
free app designed to help home builders,
contractors and designers meet
the accessibility requirements of the act, during
the International Builders’ Show in
Las Vegas this week.
“HUD welcomes the efforts
of this
important housing industry partner in working to meet the needs of persons with disabilities,” said U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson. “This new
app represents an exciting new tool in our collective effort to help ensure that home builders meet their Fair Housing Act obligations.”
“Through this free tool, NAHB strives to increase Fair Housing Act compliance within the housing industry and facilitate greater access to multifamily housing for persons with disabilities,” said NAHB Immediate Past Chairman Greg Ugalde.
The app was partially funded by an educational grant from HUD through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program. Staff
from NAHB’s legal, codes and technology departments made substantial in-kind contributions to the project. The app will enable builders and developers to determine if the Fair Housing Act’s accessibility requirements apply to their housing project and, if so, provide a quick reference guide to the seven basic accessibility requirements for compliance with the law.
“The more informed a home builder is,
the easier it is for them to create the kind of housing they want to build while also complying with the nation’s fair housing laws,” said Anna María Farías, HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. “This phenomenal new app is just the resource that can make that possible.”
The information contained in this app is intended to provide a basic, non-exhaustive guide to understanding and conforming with the design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act. It is not a safe harbor for compliance with the Fair Housing Act.
The app can be downloaded from the App Store (for iPhone and iPad) and from Google Play (for Android devices) by searching “FHA Guide” or “NAHB.”
More details can be found at nahb.org/ fhaguide.
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NEWS
GSABA Names Dale Sauer
SENIOR LIFE DIRECTOR
1/21/2020
GSABA congratulates Dale Sauer
of Dale Sauer Homes for his recent appointment as a Senior Life Director for the Greater San Antonio Builder’s Association of Home Builders (GSABA). Dale is one of only five GSABA members to receive this prestigious honor. In order
to be nominated and recognized
as a GSABA Lifetime Director, you must have served as a director . Sauer has a decades long history
at GSABA, having previously served on GSABA's Board of Directors from 1990 to 1999, 2003 to 2005, 2007
to 2009 and 2011 to 2012 and 2018 to 2019 on the GSABA Executive Committee. He has also served as a director on the board of the Texas Association of Builders.
Sauer has won numerous awards, including a 2017 Texas Star Award for the Best Parade Home $1 Million plus, GSABA's 2009 Distinguished
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Single-Family Builder of the
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Year and Associate of the Year in 1992.
Sauer got his start in the home building industry in 1984 as a salesman for Acme Brick. He began his career in construction management
in 1993 and went on to open Dale Sauer Homes in 1999.