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The Need for More Skilled Construction Workers

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Our country suffers from an acute shortage of safe, decent, and affordable homes. Exacerbating this problem is the lack of skilled construction workers that limits new construction and preservation efforts. In fact, the Home Builders Institute reported that between 2022 and 2024, approximately 2.2 million new workers are needed.

This webinar, the sixth in our Getting Serious About Housing Supply series, will examine the reasons behind today’s shortage of skilled construction workers. It also will explore potential solutions, from combating perceptions of the field to scaling up successful training programs, while taking on some of the specific employment challenges in rural and under-resourced communities.

This event is part of our Housing Supply Serries,  for more information click here.

Featured Participants

Introduction & moderation by:

Arica N. Young
Associate Director, Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, BPC

Keynote remarks by:

Ed Brady
President and CEO, Home Builders Institute

Panel discussion with:

Nick Guertin
Associate Director, Revitalize Appalachia, Coalfield Development
Harry Holzer
John LaFarge, Jr. S.J. Chair and Professor, Georgetown University
Nicole Schwartz
Coordinator, Apprenticeship Readiness Program, North America’s Building Trades Unions

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