2004

• 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.