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MONTANA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
WE ADVOCATE FOR YOU & FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING
WATER
We work with the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation on preserving the rights of Montanans for access to our most abundant natural resource, which
is essential for clean and healthy living. We need a streamlined and more transparent new appropriation process, we want adjudication completed, and
we maintain that exempt wells are a necessity for development.
TAXES
We aim to keep our government in line when it comes to raising property taxes to fuel uncontrolled spending and mismanaged budgets. It is not the sole responsibility of the homeowner or land owner to foot bad spending due to poor government policy and we are here to stand for our homeowners and builders in effort to keep housing attainable.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Through our newly formed Foundation, we aim to bring safety, education and job opportunities to our future generations, and we train our members on safety all year long.
SUPPLY CHAIN
We support buying American. We support better foreign policy. We support American Jobs. We support small business incentives and relief. All of which will improve our supply chain woes and reduce the cost of building a home.
BUILDING CODES
We work closely with the Department of Labor and Industry on building code regulation and reform. We bring common sense and real world application to the table when we fight for changes to adopted codes. We push back when code changes are restrictive, unnecessary and unrealistic.
LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL
Subdivision review is taking too long. Duplicative and Complicated Governmental processes delay progress. Growth policies are not being followed. Rules are being violated and development is being unnecessarily delayed. All of this adds to the cost of building a home. We take on local and state agencies, holding them accountable and ensure housing attainability.
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