NLBMDA elects new chair and leadership team

Carin Brock, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of US LBM Holdings LLC, was recently elected Chair of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) for the 2026–2027 term. Brock is now the second woman to serve as Chair in the association’s history. As Chair, she will strengthen state and regional association partnerships and support federal policy solutions for lumber and building material dealers. “I am honored to serve as Chair of NLBMDA and to help advance the association’s work on behalf of lumber and building material dealers across…

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A Historic Housing Bill Became Law

How, where and when it will affect residential construction In July, Congress accomplished what many Washington observers considered nearly impossible in today’s modern political climate; 443 lawmakers across the House and Senate united behind the most ambitious legislation in decades to address the nation’s housing underproduction and affordability challenges. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act represents a rare bipartisan recognition that the country cannot solve its housing shortage without removing the regulatory, financing and administrative barriers that delay construction and increase costs. Rather than relying on a single federal…

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