About the Initiative 

Home Builders Institute’s careers campaign initiative can help YOU – Make It Happen – with a career in residential construction.  Make It Happen is the central theme of the campaign enhanced by the sub-themes – Make It Real, Make It Work, Make It Pay and Make It Yours.  The campaign provides a much needed gateway for Home Builder Associations, NAHB members, educators, students, parents and other interested parties to access the construction industry.  We want – middle and high school counselors telling students about the opportunities in the residential construction industry!  We want – parents encouraging their children to pursue a career in the residential construction industry!   

Campaign print materials include a dynamic fast-paced video, a colorful informative brochure and a movie style poster.  The brochure and poster are available in English and Spanish.  HBI recognizes the importance of “getting the word out” about industry career awareness and exploration at all levels. 

Why a campaign? 
To help improve the industry’s image, to promote careers in the industry and to encourage students and adults to consider home building as a career option. 

Who made it possible?

Home Builders Institute (HBI), the workforce development arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has a 40-year history in education and training in residential construction. Dedicated to promoting the industry and its many career opportunities, HBI works to provide the membership with an adequate supply of professional, technical and skilled trades personnel — a workforce to build and maintain our nation’s homes.  

The National Housing Endowment (NHE), is the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Home Builders.  In 1987, NAHB and a visionary group of leaders in the housing industry created the National Housing Endowment to ‘build a foundation’ to help make the American dream of homeownership a reality for present and future generations.

Today, this vision is a reality. The National Housing Endowment provides a permanent source of funds to address long-term industry concerns at the national level 

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a Washington, D.C.-based trade association whose mission is to enhance the climate for housing and the building industry. Chief among NAHB’s goals is providing and expanding opportunities for all consumers to have safe, decent and affordable housing. As “the voice of America’s housing industry,” NAHB helps promote policies that will keep housing a national priority. 

Founded in 1942, NAHB is a federation of more than 800 state and local associations. About one-third of NAHB’s 235,000 members are home builders and/or remodelers. The remaining members are associates working in closely related fields within the housing industry, such as mortgage finance and building products and services.