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KB Home Introduces Wildfire-Resilient Neighborhood
LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2025--KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the largest and most trusted homebuilders in the U.S., today unveiled the nation’s first new-home community that meets the home- and neighborhood-level wildfire resilience standards developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), an independent nonprofit research organization dedicated to protecting homes and communities against natural disasters. Utilizing fire-resistant building materials, methods and features bas
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