Total housing starts fell 0.3% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.14 million units from a downwardly revised reading in February, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department that was delayed due to the partial government shutdown.
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose one point to 63 in April, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released on April 16, 2019. Sentiment levels have held in the low 60s for the past three months.
American National Standards for health effects of drinking water treatment chemicals (NSF/ANSI 60) and drinking water system components (NSF/ANSI 61) updated for the Canadian market and published as National Standards of Canada.