What is a Policy Partner?


Since 2001, HBAM has been underwriting benchmark studies and programs that have been essential in helping us build our case that:
  • The buildable inventory, across the region, is precariously low (2003 University of Maryland study by Dr. Gerrit Knaap); that

  • Counties and municipalities must be accountable for maintaining sustainable residential development capacity (2001 RESI/Towson University Study of Baltimore County); that

  • At specific price points, new residential construction is a net contributor to a county’s tax base (2004 Optimal Solutions Group, Anirban Basu and RESI/Towson University); that

  • The lack of affordable workforce housing throughout central Maryland is severely affecting our quality of life (Maryland Workforce Housing Coalition 2005); and mostly

  • Building moratoria do not curtail growth, they only serve to deflect it to ever more remote areas of the mid Atlantic region (University of Maryland 2005).
As we continue to press our case, these fact based, objective studies and policy initiatives have been critical in convincing governmental officials that our concerns and positions are legitimate.

Policy Partners are those members who have been willing to financially support this essential work. Please review the list of our current Policy Partners. I encourage you to recognize and thank them for their leadership. We, and indeed all in the industry, owe them a debt of gratitude. We also must take the opportunity to encourage you, if your company is not on the list, to join them be becoming and HBAM Policy Partner.
Policy Partners
+Beazer Homes
+ Bob Ward Companies
* Clark Turner Signature Homes, LLC
+ Forty West Group, Inc.
* Gemcraft Homes, Inc.
+ Goodier Builders, Inc.
+ Grayson Homes
+ Mister, Burton & Palmisano, P.C.
+ Mueller Homes, Inc.
* Orchard Development
+ Owings Brothers Contracting, Inc.
* Powers Homes
+ Provident Bank
+ Pulte Homes - Maryland/DC Division
+ Residential Title & Escrow Company
+ Ryland Homes
+ Shelter Systems Limited
+ Susquehanna Bank
+ The Rachuba Group
+ Thomas Builders, Inc.
+ Whitehall Development, LLC
+ Williamsburg Group, LLC
+ Woodhaven Building and Development

+ Received
* Commitment Made
as of 5-29-08
Consider becoming a Policy Partner by calling Nancy Fox at 410-265-7400, ext. 122 or email Nancy.