The working men and women of the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association and I, Kim Shanahan, the 2008 President of the Association, would like to welcome you to the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association web-site. The Association has over 750 member firms in your neighborhoods of Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Taos, Angel Fire and the surrounding area.

We hope you will appreciate the contributions made by all the men and women who have created the homes and neighborhoods of Santa Fe and the surrounding area.  It is not only the builder and architect who make it happen but also the stone mason, the electrician, the landscape artist and even the banker, the finance manager and more!  Gross receipts from home-building fund parks, roads, highways, water and sewer projects [the infra-structure of communities].  The millions of dollars paid in wages and benefits are spent on goods and services in the local economy. Ticket sales from the Haciendas-“A Parade of Homes” and the many generous donations of the Association and its members have contributed thousands of dollars to local charitable organizations: Habitat for Humanity, High School Athletic Teams, Building Trades Program in the Santa Fe High Schools and Colleges, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Girls Inc., Health and Human Services Week, Santa Fe Animal Shelter and Human Society to name a few.

The members of the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association adhere to the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Home Builders:

• Home ownership can and should be within reach of every American family.

• American homes should be built under the free American enterprise system.

• American homes should be well-designed, well-constructed and well-located in attractive communities, with education, recreational, religious and shopping facilities accessible to all.

We believe that shelter, one of the most basic of human needs, should be within the reach of all families who are willing to make home ownership a priority. The Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association is committed to affordable, safe, eco-friendly, quality housing for all Santa Feans. To that end, we are a pro-active voice at all levels of government to address political, social, economic, and environmental issues, and to promote strong and reasonable building codes, and building by licensed contractors and a quality of life to be proud of.

Santa Fe leads the country in innovative, creative construction and have been in the forefront of sustainable and green building. Professionals in design and construction, ‘green-building’ and architecture, and visitors from around the world are drawn to the ‘Santa Fe Style’ experience and dream of capturing the cutting edge, endemic design and use of materials which has made Santa Fe building and remodeling famous.

Thank you for visiting our website!

Kim Shanahan
Vermejo Park Construction
President, Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association.