About the HBA

Chartered by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in 1989, The Home Builders Association of the Central Coast (HBACC) is a non-profit California Corporation – a trade association representing builders, developers and related industry professionals in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Members of the Home Builders Association automatically become members of the California Building Industry Association (CBIA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

Home builders are …

Your friends, neighbors, and community members
Your business partners, employers and employees
The people who built your home, streets, parks and neighborhoods
Architects, engineers, plumbers, and carpenters
Taxpayers and
Partners with subcontractors, suppliers, Realtors, farmers and others interested in private property rights

Home builders provide …

Shelter to home buyers and renters
Financial security to home buyers
A fund source for local government
Land and financing to build neighborhood schools
Fees for infrastructure and
Assistance to create affordable housing

Home builders need …

A project approval process that is streamlined and predictable
Truth in zoning so a builder knows that a general plan density actually has meaning
Building policies, codes and regulation that help meet community housing needs
Government support for well-designed, suitably-located, higher-density developments
A fee system that targets our impacts instead of making us pay for existing problems
Coalition partners who want to work with us to achieve the above