Membership Benefits
Apply for MembershipBuilders, Market Your Homes and Communities for FREE
Greater Atlanta HBA builder members can list their homes and communities on the HBA web site for FREE. Powered by NewHome Source, the HBA web site is yet another resource for shoppers specifically looking for new homes and builders in metro Atlanta. Listings feature only new homes, so builders will not be competing with re-sales, rentals and, most importantly, no foreclosures! Visitors to the site will only be shown new homes, and you can easily expand your reach beyond the HBA web site to include NewHomeSource.com, AOL Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate, Trulia, Zillow, HomeAgain, FrontDoor and more than a dozen additional sites.
Make Strategic Contacts
Opportunities abound within the HBA and its Chapters and Councils for you to create strategic business partnerships that will benefit you and your company.
The HBA's annual membership directory provides exposure of your business to thousands of industry professionals, while strengthening your relationship with the key purchasers who are interested in your products and services.
Vacant Dwelling Insurance Coverage
The Greater Atlanta HBA is making vacant dwelling insurance coverage available for all association members in good standing. This insurance is offered exclusively through a select group of agents that are members of and support the HBA. Your rates will vary due to the number of properties to be insured and their location, but taking advantage of this coverage could save a considerable amount of money. The HBA has negotiated a very competitive rate for members!
Protect and Promote the Building Industry
When you join the HBA, you support the organization's Government Affairs program. The Association is hard at work with an agenda to advance your interests--educating lawmakers and the general public about the important ways in which our members positively impact the economy and support the metro Atlanta community. The HBA strives to promote the professional image of our members and the building industry within the community, while supporting you in promoting your company and services.
Advance Your Career
Among builders, the Certified Professional Home Builder carries the highest degree of respect and recognition. Remodelers strive to become Certified Graduate Remodelers, and sales professionals seek the Certifed Sales Professional designation. In addition, we have certification and credentialing programs for trade contractors, seniors’ housing professionals, superintendents and associates. Earn a credential to demonstrate your knowledge of the industry and to position yourself and your company as a candidate for rapid growth.
Hire Qualified Staff
Get access to the HBA’s exclusive JobBank, an Internet-based referral service that matches building professionals with the industry's most lucrative career opportunities. Job posting opportunities are available only to member companies.
Analyze Industry Trends
A subscription to Atlanta Building News (ABN) accompanies your membership. The ABN is a building industry journal to which industry experts contribute articles and on which industry professionals rely for coverage of local and national issues. In addition to ABN, the National Association of Home Builders's Builder Magazine and the Home Builders Association of Georgia's Georgia Builder Magazine accompany your membership.
Sharpen Your Knowledge
The HBA’s convenient education program delivers wisdom and advice straight from the minds of the building industry's elite. Our education program is intended to help elevate you to become a leader in your field by offering the best, most extensive continuing education programs available, whatever your specialization. The HBA has targeted curriculum, accomplished instructors and widely respected education opportunities in the business.
Build with a Mission
HomeAid Atlanta builds shelters to help temporarily homeless individuals and families regain lives of self-sufficiency. The HomeAid program is the building industry’s gift to the nation—a gift that is bringing help and hope to the temporarily homeless.
EarthCraft House serves as a blueprint for homes that cut energy and water bills and protect the environment. EarthCraft Houses provide builders a sign of quality and commitment to home buyers and their surrounding community. As an EarthCraft builder, you receive training, one-on-one design and construction advice, marketing materials and direct referrals.
Connect with Consumers Through HBA Member Logo
Consumer recognition is important to you. We strive for the home buying public to turn to the HBA as the reliable source when making important decisions about their future in home buying. The recognizable HBA logo is provided to members in good standing, upon request, for use on promotional items, advertisements, etc. Usage of the HBA member logo does not imply or denote endorsement of a product, service or company by the HBA and cannot be used as such by the member. E-mail the member company name and company primary contact name to comm@atlantahomebuilders.com to request the HBA member logo and usage instructions.
The Dispute Resolution program provides builder assistance by being a resource and an educator for consumers with builder concerns, and provides assistance in facilitating dispute resolution.
The Academy for Home Buyers program provides the opportunity for home buyers to become astute consumers.
Utilize Available Resources
Current information and resources are vital aids in building a successful business. The HBA Bookstore offers an array of useful tools and reference materials to help you in your daily business needs.
Are warranty calls a problem? The Homeowner Handbook can help! It is a comprehensive and cost-effective way to cut down on warranty calls and set home buyers' expectations regarding warranty and maintenance issues.
The Partnering Guide is your tool to strengthen and more clearly define the builder-trade contractor relationship. This resource identifies acceptable standards of performance and expectations before construction begins.
Tap Into The Benefits
You receive three memberships in one! When you become a member of the HBA, membership in the Home Builders Association of Georgia and the National Association of Home Builders is included. In addition to the programs and benefits provided by our Association, you will receive extra benefits to enhance your membership experience.
Discounts compliment the many benefits of your HBA membership. As a member you can receive:
- General Motors--$500 exclusive offer on most GM passenger cars, light-duty trucks, vans, SUVs.
- Dell Computer--Various discounts. To maximize the NAHB discount plan, call 888-577-3355.
- UPS--Up to 30% discount on shipping, including overnight air.
- Paychex--15% off payroll processing and selected human resource services setup fees.
- Hertz--Up to 20% off on rental cars and FREE Gold Club membership.
- Office Depot--10% off all delivery orders. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more.
- Williams Scotsman--1 month of free rent (up to $500) for each mobile office, storage container and/or specialty trailer leased for 6 months or longer.
- Pitney Bowes--FREE 90-day trial; $19.99 monthly meter rental for one year; $50 in FREE postage coupons.
- Forms Fulfillment Center--30% off all business forms and checks orders.
- Bank of America--MasterCard and American Express cards available with rewards points.
- NAHB Career Center--20% discount off of standard rates for job posting and 15% off other human resources services. Powered by ConstructionJobs.com.
- Solveras Payment Systems--Group discounts on nationwide credit card processing fees. Free Savings Analysis offered to NAHB members by calling 800-613-0148.
- DHL Shipping and Yellow and Roadway Freight--Up to 25% off shipping with DHL and up to 52% with Yellow and Roadway.
