Later today, we’re sitting down to unpack a housing bill that could quietly reshape your day‑to‑day work as a residential designer: the Housing for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 6644).

Most headlines frame it as a way to “unlock more housing” and “reduce red tape.” Behind that soundbite, though, are shifts that touch how you think about stairs and exits, factory‑built options, and the role of sensors and data in healthy, high‑performance homes. Those shifts will eventually show up in plan reviews, RFPs, and client expectations—not just in Washington.

To help you get out in front of that, AIBD’s High‑Performance Homes Team is hosting a live, working roundtable today:

“High‑Performance Homes Team – The Housing for the 21st Century Act.”

In this session, we’ll move past the political talking points and focus on what matters at the drawing board:

• What single‑stair and point‑access conversations might look like when you still care deeply about cross‑ventilation, egress, and envelope performance.
• How updated thinking around manufactured housing can support higher‑performing, factory‑built solutions instead of reinforcing “cheap and flimsy” stereotypes.
• Where HUD’s interest in sensors, monitoring, and data could raise the bar on indoor environmental quality expectations.
• Concrete steps you can take now so you’re not scrambling when a client, developer, or official asks, “How does this bill affect our project?”

We’ll walk through real design scenarios, talk through the friction between policy language and building science, and explore ways to turn that friction into a differentiator for your practice. Bring your questions, examples, and skepticism—this is a collaborative roundtable, not a one‑way presentation.

If you:

• Work on custom homes, small multifamily, or factory‑built projects
• Care about high‑performance and healthy housing
• And want to shape the conversation instead of reacting to it

…then this hour is for you.

The designers who show up now will be the ones clients and jurisdictions look to when it’s time to interpret and implement what H.R. 6644 makes possible.

Join us today and reserve your spot here:

Register now at AIBD.org/webinars​

-The American Institute of Building Design

P.S. Looking ahead to next week, we’re also hosting a CE Watch Party: “Build a Stronger, Safer, and Significantly More Energy-Efficient Home” (1.0 P4-CE). In this session, we’ll watch a previously recorded webinar from Charles Leahy of Eco-Panels, originally presented to the AIBD, Western North Carolina Chapter, where you’ll see how advanced continuous insulation and offsite panelization can be used to create high-performance building envelopes. Register now at AIBD.org/webinars​