Advocacy

A core mission of the Maryland Building Industry Association is advocacy. Representing the home building industry in city halls, county court houses and the state capital, MBIA works to keep its members informed on regulatory issues as well as serving as a trusted information resource for public officials. On your behalf, MBIA fights restrictive legislation and regulations that are detrimental to the housing industry. MBIA staff is only a phone call away with information about new regulations, codes, laws or industry concerns.

Each year, MBIA’s Government Affairs team sifts through thousands of bills at the county and state level to monitor codes, ordinances and legislation that directly impacts the homebuilding industry, and by communicating directly with elected officials and policy makers. Our lobbyists go to work building coalitions, meeting with legislators, testifying at hearings, generating grassroots messages to elected officials, and organizing rallies. As a result, industry positions are heard loud and clear and legislators take our concerns seriously and work with us to compromise. Often times our work prevents flawed policy from being introduced or passed, or we advocate for revisions to proposals to eliminate a negative impact on our members.
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Although the team's primary focus is at the state and local levels, we monitor and provide input on federal legislation and agency activity directly to our Federal officials and through the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).