The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is continuing to place a strong emphasis on jobsite safety and combating the risks of the coronavirus (COVID-19) for construction workers. In a letter sent to residential construction workers, newly appointed NAHB chairman Chuck Fowke encouraged the industry to continue following guidelines designed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
“The pandemic has highlighted the country’s housing affordability crisis and the need for new housing is more important now than ever. NAHB has worked hard to have home building designated as “essential infrastructure workforce” at the federal, state and local levels to allow our industry to continue building homes,” Fowke wrote in the letter. “None of this should be at the expense of safety, however.”
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