Six-Month Delay on Enforcing 2021 IECC Rule A Win for Housing
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), In a win for NAHB and the housing industry, the Trump administration has announced a six-month delay in the implementation of the Biden administration’s mandatory energy code, an important step forward to help ease the nation’s housing affordability crisis.
Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will wait an additional six months before enforcing the compliance dates for adopting the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and ASHRAE 90.1-2019 as the minimum energy-efficiency standards for certain single-family and multifamily housing programs. NAHB urges the U.S. Department of Agriculture to take the same action soon.
“This six-month pause by HUD is an important step forward to help ease the nation’s housing affordability crisis,” said NAHB Chairman Buddy Hughes. “Compliance with this rule would make it much harder for home builders and multifamily developers to build housing that is available and affordable for American families.
