The 2026 General Assembly adjourned sine die on March 14, concluding a 60-day session during which lawmakers considered more than 3,600 bills across a broad range of policy areas, including firearm regulation, minimum wage, cannabis legalization, gambling, data centers, congressional district boundary lines, and amendments to the Constitution of Virginia.
Scholarships. Training. Exposure. Opportunity. That’s where the HBAV Education Foundation is placing its bets. Last week, the Foundation awarded more than $57,000 in grants to local home builders associations, schools, and workforce partners to strengthen the next generation of skilled trades professionals.The funding supports a range of initiatives aimed at addressing Virginia’s skilled labor shortage…
The 2026 General Assembly adjourned sine die on March 14, concluding a 60-day session during which lawmakers considered more than 3,600 bills across a broad range of policy areas, including firearm regulation, minimum wage, cannabis legalization, gambling, data centers, congressional district boundary lines, and amendments to the Constitution of Virginia.
With a packed legislative agenda, key bills advance ahead of the 2026 session’s halfway point.
With a packed legislative agenda, key bills advance ahead of the 2026 session’s halfway point.
Bundled up and treading carefully, more than 100 home builders from across Virginia made their way to the Capitol grounds in Richmond for HBAV Day at the General Assembly on Wednesday.
It didn’t take long for homebuilders across Virginia to receive their first major policy win of the year.
In Loudoun County, HBAV leaders mixed humor and hard results as the association installed new officers and closed the book on a record-setting year. This year’s HBAV Installation of Officers Celebration landed at Lansdowne Resort with the right balance of ceremony and levity. It drew nearly 150 members, partners, friends and family from across the…
HBAV’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Andrew Clark, was interviewed by David Holtzman at Homes.com for a story on what may lie ahead for new housing in Virginia following the election of Abigail Spanberger as Governor. In the article, titled “Virginia governor-elect Spanberger aims to use carrots, not sticks to build support for new housing,”…
In the HBAV Member Exclusive Webinar, “Housing Economic Forecast,” featuring NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz, Ph.D., Dietz shared Virginia and national housing statistics, long-term outlooks, builder and remodeler market data, and insights on the opportunities and headwinds facing the industry.
