WASHINGTON, DC — After participating in a multi-year effort to produce a single set of national model building codes aimed at ensuring public health and safety while preserving housing affordability, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is urging regulators not to adopt a competing code recently released by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which NAHB says would impose new costs on home buyers.
The NAHB has recommended that its members and affiliated associations oppose adoption of NFPA 5000 in their state and local jurisdictions through a resolution adopted during its recent board of directors meeting.