The Home Builder - September 2024
VOLUME LXX
No. 6
June 2023
June 15 is deadline for board nominations
Industry Investors
The Dallas Builders Association is now accept- ing nominations for both the 2023-24 Board of Directors and the position of Associate Vice President. The deadline for nomi- nations is Thursday, June 15, at 9 a.m. Board service is a re- warding experience. It gives members the chance to serve their industry while greatly enhancing their knowledge of the challenges and opportuni- ties faced by the Association. Each director is elected for a one-year term, starting in October. The Associate Vice Pres- ident will also serve a one-
year term and will represent the needs and interests of all associate members. Candidates for Associ- ate Vice President shall have served or be currently serving as President of a division, elected or appointed member of the Board of Directors for three of the preceding five years, chair of the Education, Communications or Mem- bership Committee, or be a Life Director of the Board of Directors with active voting privileges. Elections will commence with online voting in late June. Click here to submit a nomination for either the board or AVP position.
BRIEFLY
The Dallas Division meets for lunch June 1 at Maggiano’s Little Italy at NorthPark Center in Dallas. The pogram will be “Residential Construction Market & Trends” featuring Alan Hoffmann, Hoffmann Homes; Richard Miller, Richard Miller Custom Homes; and Michael Munir, Sharif & Munir Custom Homes. RSVP . n n n Join the Young Profes- sionals Council June 8 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. for a networking breakfast at Association offices. This event is free with reservations. n n n The Metro East Division hosts a lunch meeting June 15 at Springhill Suites in Rockwall. The program will feature Debi Fuller, lead professor of interior design at Collin College Technical Cam- pus. RSVP.
Metro East wraps up most successful Cars For CASA in its 18-year history!
The Metro East Divi- sion’s May 21 Cars For CASA vintage car, truck and bike show boasted approximately 400 entries and an attendance of over 3,000. Dave Hambley of Lee Lighting, one of the show’s organizers, said they expect to make more than $100,000 this year. All proceeds benefit Lone Star CASA, a non-profit orga - nization that provides trained volunteer advocates to chil- dren who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. To date Metro East has donated more than $670,000 to the group.
Cars for CASA planning team Dave Hambley, Doug Bowerman, Larry Baty and Greg Paschall gather with volunteers following the most successful car show in this event's 18-year history.
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The HomeFront Government Affairs News and Info
David Lehde Director of Government Affairs
The Battle to Protect Reasonably Priced Housing The battle to protect reason-
move quickly and get the word out that it was accepting hard copies for the interim as their team worked to restore online services. Dallas’ DEV team is also engaged in the important process of selecting a new Deputy Building Official. Dal - las BA has participated on a panel of stakeholders that has been given the opportunity to weigh in on what quali- ties should be brought to the table. The City of Dallas has a very active group of trade organizations that represent the real estate and de- velopment and construction industries. This includes the Dallas Builders Association. The stakeholders also include the Dallas Independent School District as it looks to address facilities needed to educate a growing student population. It will be important that the deputy building official continue the predecessor’s efforts to engage and keep stakeholders apprised of policy changes, as well as evaluate our needed input. Dallas BA has continued to sup- port our industry’s agenda at the State Legislature. On May 16, yours truly was in Austin to testify on TAB and Dallas BA priority legislation before the Senate Committee on Local Gov- ernment. HB 3492, by Representative Lynn Stucky, provides property owners with significant relief from a hidden tax that arises in the form of overcharges on development inspection fees. Specifi - cally, these over charges occur when a municipality assesses the fees based on how expensive the infrastructure is that they are evaluating as opposed to how much it actually costs to provide the inspection and service that you are paying for. The parameters that limit the fees to the cost of service actually come
ably priced housing in the Dallas BA service area means outreach across the region, in Austin, and even Wash- ington, D.C. Spring brought with it the excite- ment of municipal elections in the Dallas BA service area. Through interviewing of can- didates, as well as engagement from the political action committee of the Association, HOMEPAC of Greater Dallas, our industry has the opportu- nity to gauge those running for city council seats and get an idea of their philosophy, and even history, relating to the regulation of the housing sector. The majority of service area builder supported city council can- didates, in the key races where HOMEPAC of Greater Dallas en- gaged, won on May 6, with one advancing to a runoff. Races that involved the action committee’s rec- ommended candidates include Dallas City Council races, where every dis- trict seat was up for vote, as well as Denton, Frisco, McKinney, and others. 84.6% of the supported candi- dates had a favorable outcome on election day. Now, for all stakeholders, the real work begins. Dallas BA will continue to focus on being a resource for all of the area’s decision makers as they evaluate ordinances and fees that impact residential development and construction. During May, some unwelcome challenges were faced by the City of Dallas after the city’s network faced a ransomware attack. The city quickly began the work to restore its online capabilities. Unfortunately, in the wake of the attack, Dallas’ Develop- ment Services Department’s (DEV) ability to receive permit applications was also impacted. DEV staff had to
Dallas BA's David Lehde and TAB's Scott Norman testify before the Senate Committee on Local Government.
from the state’s constitution. Anything that goes beyond what is related to the time and administrative procedures required by a municipality to inspect the infrastructure can constitute an illegal occupations tax. The Legislature, in 2019, passed similar legislation in House Bill 852, related to building inspection fees. It confirmed that the inspection fees for the construction of a residential building should not be based upon the project’s value or cost of construction. Unfortunately, this same practice has persisted on the development side. The overcharges are adding up. As construction costs have increased in the past two years the inspection fees, because of being inappropriately based on a percentage of valuation, increased as well. And the fees have varied, even though the time to inspect items should be the same. The inappropriate practice of bas- ing fees on the percentage of project valuation is further increasing home prices. The Association’s testimony in May is in addition to previous testimony and support letters on this and other legislation. The industry’s legislative agenda, guided by TAB’s government relations staff, has been a big one. The effort to provide reasonably priced housing continues to face chal- lenges at the federal level. The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have proposed increasing the stringency of energy codes for newly constructed homes to qualify for HUD – insured and USDA – insured housing. NAHB is following this issue closely. This comes on the heels of an NAHB victory earlier this year when the federation advocated having the repeal of section 50131 (from last year’s IRA) included in H.R. 1. Section 50131 of the IRA makes use of grants to pressure state and local govern- ments to adopt costly and restrictive energy codes. The program not only has a negative impact on housing af- fordability, as well as the impact on an adopting city’s local economy, but it also undermines the local energy code adoption process by limiting amend- ments to the code that accommodate local conditions. New homes being built are al- ready more energy efficient. It does not make sense to make the process so restrictive that it prices American families out of the new home market and prevents them from taking advan- tage of those existing energy savings. It would be more productive to consider available incentives. Direct questions on advocacy items to the Director of Government Affairs .
The Home Builder is published monthly by the Dallas Builders Association at 5816 W. Plano Pkwy., Plano, Texas 75093. Telephone 972-931-4840. BARCIE VILCHES, Editor
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when he was still at Bryan Adams High School, working with multifamily builder K.K. Stanfield near Fair Park. 1976 was a busy year for Joe; he married high school sweetheart Kay, studied electrical engineering at Texas Tech and started a company that would become a Top 20 Five Star Distribu- tor of GE Mobile Communications operating in 52 counties. After 15 years he sold the com- pany and retired and did what most people only dream of doing — he and Kay bought a 60-foot yacht and for the next three years sailed along the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean, winning the Caribbean 1500 twice. During that time, they spent only one night off the boat, even weathering Hurricane Gordon. In 1998, Joe hung up his captain’s cap and moved back to Texas, where he taught electrical engineering for both Rockwall High School and Collin County Community College for the next four years. Caprock Custom Construction was formed in 2001, designing and building custom homes in the Rock- wall/Heath area. The company has been a member of the Dallas BA since 2002, and Joe was a strong believer in the importance of maintaining the
venerable heritage of the Association while securing a vibrant future. He served as president of the Metro East Division, where he was ac- tively involved in the group’s Cars for CASA project, which raises funds for Lone Star CASA. Chamberlain was a member of the Dallas BA’s Govern- ment Relations Committee since 2009 and became chairman in 2012. He also chaired the Membership Committee and the Association’s Benefits Health Trust. A prolific membership recruiter, Joe attained the Red Spike level with 122 credits. Caprock was named the ARC Awards Custom Builder of the Year in 2017 and was selected a D Home MagazineBest Builder annually for over a decade. At the state level, Joe served as Area I Vice President from 2014 to 2016. He was a trustee of the TAB political action committee and served on its Government Relations Commit- tee for three years. Nationally, he was an NAHB director and a Gold Key Member of its political action com- mittee, BUILDPAC. Chamberlain was also very civi- cally involved. He served two terms as a City of Heath councilman, was a Planning and Zoning Commissioner
Joe Chamberlain of Caprock Custom Construction, who passed away on May 7. Chamberlain served as the Dallas BA’s 70th president in 2013, in the midst of some challenging transitions for the Association as it was working to push through the impacts of the Great Recession and get back on to a firm financial footing. “He approached his role at the Dallas BA with the same dogged deter- mination that saw him through some of the Vietnam War’s most intense com- bat and that led to several successful business ventures in the decades that followed,” said Association Execu- tive Officer Phil Crone. “Joe always had his loving wife Kay at his side for encouragement and, when needed, a swift kick in the pants as he put it.” Joe served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1971, coming back from Vietnam with a newfound under- standing of the importance of service in life, as well as an overall sense of purpose and a strong drive to succeed. After his honorable discharge, Chamberlain got his real estate license and began building HUD Homes in Gilmer, TX, while he attended college. He had gotten his start in construction
Joe and Kay Chamberlain
and served on the Lake Ray Hubbard Takeline Committee. His family do- nated the land for Heath’s Amy Parks – Heath Elementary School; Heath’s Public Works facility is situated on his family homestead. Other civic involvement included the Rockwall Men’s Republican Club and the Rockwall Chamber of Com- merce. He volunteered as a youth coach for many years. Survivors include his business partner and wife of 48 years, Kay Chamberlain; and sons Chad Walker and Chip Chamberlain, who is also with Caprock Custom Construction.
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Dallas Division holds Top Shot Challenge May 11
1st Place: Title Partner Aaron Park, Main Street Lumber & Millwork, and Top Shot Richard Miller, Richard Miller Custom Homes
2nd Place: Brian Weerstra, Premier Property Resources
New Member Welcome Tuesday, June 13 9 - 10:15 a.m. Breakfast Network with the Association’s newest members while learning how to make the most of your membership. Hosted by StrucSure Home Warranty, Alphagraphics Irving | Las Colinas and Tom Sadler & Associates. REGISTER
3rd Place: Jason Vaile, Sharif & Munir Custom Homes
June 2023
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Milestone Anniversaries
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Bob Cresswell Has Been a Member for More Than Half a Century! 1st Vice President Adam Lingenfelter and President John Porizek congratulate Bob Cresswell of Cresswell Custom Homes, who has personally been a member of the Association for more than 50 years. Cresswell served as the Dallas BA’s 55th president in 1998. His father, Roy Cresswell, was the Association’s 34th president in 1977. Gartex Masonry – 40 Years
Kevin Cox and his team at Gartex Masonry proudly display their Membership Milestone plaque recognizing the company’s four decades of continuous membership in the Association.
Malone Custom Builders LLC – 35 Years Shelley Malone of Malone Custom Builders LLC receives a Membership Milestone plaque signifying 35 years of continuous membership in the Dallas BA.
BSB Design – 25 Years Accepting a Membership Milestone plaque in recogni- tion of 25 years of continuous Association membership are Travis Ritenour and Kevin Bauer.
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June Classes
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Young Professionals Bowling Tournament raises funds for Collin College Scholarship
The Young Professionals Bowl- ing Tournament on May 17 brought together members from across the residential construction spectrum for a fun night of networking, bowling, food and community service. The council raised $5,000 for the Collin College Excellence Fund, which provides scholarships to con- struction students. A presentation to the college will be held in June at its Technical Campus in Allen.
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Milestone Anniversaries
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Newest Spike Club Member Myndi Luevano of En- ergy Ogre has become the Association’s new- est member of the Spike Club, having recruited six new members.
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Jarrell Company hosts May After Hours
Host Eric Neel, The Jarrell Com- pany, and Dennis Jaglinski, N3 Luxury Living, who won an Avanti Beverage Cooler
TW Bailey with Bailey Fam- ily Builders, who won a Frigidaire Beverage Center
John Humen with Metropark Builders won the Builder Jackpot of $800 dollars!
Matt Eytcheson, Grand Openings, won a KitchenAid Blender cour- tesy of Whirlpool.
Randy Herman, 1-800 Water Damage, won a bourbon gift set courtesy of GE/Monogram.
James Moore with Keen Homes was the cash door prize winner.
Carol Leonard, Steel One, LLC dba TBP Windows & Doors, won a Heston Pan courtesy of Mile- stone.
Nielsen Hernandez, Nielsen’s Remodeling & Construction, who won a Miele Coffee Maker; Sean Hodge, Miele; and Eric Neel, Jar- rell.
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