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50 or older. It cautions that older generations will
increasingly need more accessible and supportive
housing than is currently available.

This is consistent with NAHB analysis of
data from the Census Bureau’s 2017 American
Community Survey that found nearly one-third
of America’s 119 million households are cost
burdened and pay more than 30% of their
incomes for housing. That number includes
almost half of the nation’s renter households and
Older Americans Increasingly a quarter of the owner households.
As NAHBNow previously reported, addressing
Burdened by Housing Costs housing affordability concerns will be a top issue

for NAHB in 2019, and we will be working with
As the housing industry continues to deal with Congress and the administration to achieve this
an affordability crisis, a new report shows that goal.
nearly one-third of households age 65 or older – Federal policymakers can address affordability
9.7 million – pay at least 30% of their income for concerns by taking appropriate steps to ease
housing, and more than half of these pay over 50%. needless regulatory burdens that will help stabilize
The report, Housing America’s Older Adults 2018, residential market conditions. Lawmakers also
released recently by the Harvard Joint Center for can enact policies to encourage the production of
Housing Studies, found that more than half of U.S. much-needed affordable housing units.
households are now headed by someone age NAHB JAN 2019

Upcoming San Antonio Building Codes Academy (SABCA) Training

Upcoming San Antonio Building Codes Academy (SABCA) Training
SABCA is a South/Central Texas regional training academy, sponsored by the City of San

Antonio Development Services Department. SABCA’s goal is to bring high-quality educators
SABCA is a South/Central Texas regional training academy, sponsored by the City of San
and necessary building-related codes training to code officials, design professionals, builders,
Antonio Development Services Department. SABCA’s goal is to bring high-quality educators
tradesmen and building owners and managers. The training provides Continuing Education Units
and necessary building-related codes training to code officials, design professionals, builders,
(CEU) and is provided by International Code Council (ICC) professional instructors. Upcoming
tradesmen and building owners and managers. The training provides Continuing Education Units
training is scheduled for:
(CEU) and is provided by International Code Council (ICC) professional instructors. Upcoming
training is scheduled for:
March 25-26, 2019 and April 8-9, 2019
March 25-26, 2019 and April 8-9, 2019
Phil Hardberger Park
Urban Ecology Center, Gathering Hall
Phil Hardberger Park
8400 N.W. Military Highway, San Antonio, TX
Urban Ecology Center, Gathering Hall

8400 N.W. Military Highway, San Antonio, TX
(More details will follow)

Point of Contact: Charlotte Barrett, Special Projects Manager
(More details will follow)
charlotte.barrett@sanantonio.gov
Point of Contact: Charlotte Barrett, Special Projects Manager
https://www.sanantonio.gov/DSD/Resources/Training
charlotte.barrett@sanantonio.gov

https://www.sanantonio.gov/DSD/Resources/Training
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