As part of the California Homebuilding Foundation, the Donald Chaiken– Building Industry Technology Academy (BITA) provides high school students hands-on, project-based, construction training curriculum to address the skilled labor shortage and provide a pathway to learn about careers in the construction industry.
Through the generosity of our benefactors and donors, the California Homebuilding Foundation provides scholarships to students pursuing education for a career in homebuilding at a university, community college or technical school.
A trusted source of housing statistics since 1954, the Construction Industry Research Board (CIRB) is California’s premier tracking system for building permit data from all 539 state jurisdictions. CIRB publishes residential, commercial and energy efficient building permit statistics with a 99.4% annual data compliance rate.
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