• The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)told a congressional subcommittee it likes a bill that would give states a financial incentive for adopting recognized model building codes.
• “HR 2069 is important legislation that provides a vehicle to put scientific knowledge about the proven benefits of building codes to work, which will significantly improve our nation’s safety and resilience," IBHS CEO and President Julie Rochman said.
• House Bill 2069 proposes using a carrot of 4% more post-disaster aid to get states on board with code. A recent IBHS report said some states in the Gulf Coast and East Coast hurricane zones score in single digits on a scale of 100 for building adopition and enforcement.

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The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) provided compelling testimony today before the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management in support of the “Safe Building Code Incentive Act” (HR 2069). ...