HBI and Lowe’s Home Improvement establish the HBI/Lowe’s Building Careers Scholarship, providing financial assistance to qualified graduates seeking careers in the industry.
HBI develops partnerships with HBAs and their employer members, high schools and community colleges to create a systematic approach to construction industry workforce education and training through the U.S. Department of Labor’s President’s High Growth Job Training initiative.
HBI and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development team up to offer thousands of low-income youth access to industry-sponsored career and technical education training for careers in residential construction through HUD’s YouthBuild program. HBI PACT YouthBuild continues today in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor.