Iowa City HBA to host housing expert Robert Dietz

Sept. 8 event will be held at Riverside Casino

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Dr. Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). CREDIT GREATER IOWA CITY AREA HBA

The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association (HBA) will host Robert Dietz, chief economist and senior vice president for economics and housing policy for the National Association of Home Builders, at an event Sept. 8.

Mr. Dietz will present national trends and local data focusing on permit trends, employment, housing affordability, pricing, and population growth.

As the chief economist for the NAHB, Mr. Dietz leads a team of 12 economists whose responsibilities include forecasts of housing and economic trends, survey research, and home building industry and policy analysis. He has published academic research on the private and social benefits of home ownership, federal tax expenditure estimation, and other housing topics. He is the nation’s leading analyst of the residential construction industry.

Mr. Dietz has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy on housing, economic and tax issues. He is a member of the Blue Chip, Wall Street Journal and other top national forecasting panels, has co-chaired the National Association for Business Economics construction/real estate group, and is commonly cited on CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and NPR.

Prior to joining NAHB in 2005, Mr. Dietz worked as an economist for the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation where he estimated the federal budget impact of tax law changes associated with housing and real estate issues. He is a native of Dayton, Ohio, attended George Washington University as an undergraduate and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from The Ohio State University in 2003.

The Iowa City HBA event with Mr. Dietz will be held Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Riverside Casino, and is sponsored by Hills Bank and Beisser Lumber. Tickets are $35. For more information and to purchase your ticket by Sept. 2, visit iowacityhomes.com

The Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association seeks to promote and strengthen its local building industry by connecting, educating and supporting a variety of more than 370 members representing all aspects of the home and building industries. Member groups include builders, remodelers, developers, suppliers, designers, engineers, real estate brokers, accountants and more. The association represents the Iowa counties of Cedar, Iowa, Johnson and Washington and assists area schools through its Vocational Training Council.