National Green Building Conference: The Endowment provided grant support for this conference which is designed for the mainstream residential building industry. The only conference of its kind, it allows attendees to learn about green building, make useful contacts and network with colleagues.
 

National Center for Residential Land Development Technologies: The Endowment supports this groundbreaking NAHB Research Center program which seeks to create the pre-eminent resource for collecting and disseminating objective, leading-edge research and information on land development issues.
 

National Housing Conference: The Endowment provides general support for the nation’s premier affordable housing advocacy organization. Our support has enabled the organization to expand the broad, nonpartisan advocacy it provides to the home building industry and the public for national policies and legislation that promote suitable housing in a safe, decent environment.
 

Support for Advanced Research: Since our inception, the Endowment has provided support to Ph.D. programs at various universities for research in the residential construction field.
 

21st Century Townhouses: An Endowment grant supported the construction of four model townhouses using alternative building materials and construction methods at the NAHB Research Technology Park. The townhouses serve as an important showcase for advanced energy efficiency systems and alternatives to dimensional lumber.
 

Resource Conservation Research Home: The Endowment has helped support the research needed to construct a home using commercially available resource-conserving products and processes the NAHB Research Technology Park. This project documents the impact of using such approaches on housing quality and affordability.
 

MADE (Marketable, Affordable, Durable, Entry) Homes: This joint project with the NAHB Research Center showcased innovative methods for delivering affordable single-family housing for entry-level buyers. The Research Center then demonstrated the value of these prototype concepts and approaches by designing and constructing four homes in the NAHB Research Technology Park based on the MADE concept.