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Million-Dollar Wasteland: A Washington Post Investigation |
Sunday, 15 May 2011 |
A trail of stalled or abandoned HUD projects
The federal governmentâs largest housing construction program for the poor has squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on stalled or abandoned projects and routinely failed to crack down on derelict developers or the local housing agencies that funded them. Nationwide, nearly 700 projects awarded $400 million have been idling for years, a Washington Post investigation found. Some have languished for a decade or longer even as much of the country struggles with record-high foreclosures and a dramatic loss of affordable housing. |
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Sunday, 15 May 2011 |
Homeowners group fights Marine familyâs banner
In January, following Corey Burrâs deployment to Afghanistan, Burr and her husband, Timothy, put up a large multi-colored banner with their 20-year-old sonâs Marine Corps portrait and the phrase âOur son defends our freedomâ in front of their south Bossier home. The couple received a letter a month later from the Gardens of Southgate Association stating the banner was in violation of the neighborhoodâs covenants. The covenants specify only real estate signs are permitted...the associationâs attorney, Geoffrey Westmoreland, informed her she had 10 days to remove the sign or litigation could ensue. |
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Pulte-Centex Giant and $900 MILLON Grant |
Saturday, 14 May 2011 |
Nation's largest home builder asked to account for $900 million grant
In 2010 Pulte Group received $900 million from the Worker Home Ownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009. Pulte had lobbied for the bill's passage. The act was intended by Congress and President Obama to be a job-creation measure. One year later, workers are still waiting for those jobs. While Dugas remains free to enjoy the life a salary and compensation of $6.6 million (his total for 2010) can bring, a coalition of labor, faith and social justice advocates are increasingly putting Pulte in the spotlight. And, their anger is growing. |
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Homebuilder Association Official and Friends Life of Crime |
Saturday, 14 May 2011 |
Bogus lawmen
Four men have been charged with committing armed robberies at homes in Wilkes and two other area counties after displaying bogus search warrants, falsely portraying themselves as law enforcement officers and binding many of their victims with zip ties... Collins was state director of the Wilkes County Home Builders Association in 2009, president of the association in 2010 and is currently a regional vice president of the N.C. Homebuilders Association. He was identified as owner of CNC Construction Co., which was dissolved by the N.C. Secretary of Stateâs office in 2004. |
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Arbitration Fairness Act filed |
Friday, 13 May 2011 |
Senators Al Franken, Richard Blumenthal and Cong.Hank Johnson file the Arbitration Fairness Act 2011
Pre-dispute Binding Mandatory Arbitration (BMA), also called Forced Arbitration, is an insidious way for employers and companies to evade accountability to clients, employees, and consumers. It's a practice, which traps people into waiving their rights to sue, participate in a class-action lawsuit, or to appeal an unfair ruling. |
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Pulte-Centex Sinking Feeling: Homes Sinking, Cracking In NE Neighborhood |
Friday, 13 May 2011 |
Fairhaven Residents Fear Further Damage To Homes, Retaining Walls
"The house is moving and sinking," said Brian Benavides. "It's scary," said Peggy Benavides.The Benavides said they found cracks in their new home, contacted Pulte and the builder came in and tore the home apart, patching cracks, filling holes and putting dozens of beams underneath to support the foundation. Still, the couple questions whether the cracking and shifting will continue. They said the problem has returned slowly because the land is sinking and sliding. The playground wall has already been repaired and so has the sidewalk. Chunks are missing from curbs and huge gaps are appearing between sidewalks and driveways and garages and driveways. |
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Good intentions Could Make Texas HOA Bad Business Legal |
Wednesday, 11 May 2011 |
HOA Reform or a Lucrative Funded Mandate
In response to a multitude of major news reports depicting abusive actions by Home Owners Associations (HOA), boards and vendors, Texas lawmakers have seen some sixty (60)) plus reform bills filed. Although the intent may be good, some of these bills may well enable an unrestrained funded mandate to siphon more money from homeowner for the benefit of builders, developers and management companies. |
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Can Communities Afford Lucrative HOA Business? |
Thursday, 28 April 2011 |
Texas Bexar County Interactive HOA Foreclosure Postings
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Home Owners for Better Building Calls for AG Investigation. One attorney gets 83% of all HOA foreclosures. âObviously there are many communities that can not afford or tolerte an HOA; certainly not at the expense of losing their homes for the enrichment by an aggressive industry,â said Janet Ahmad. 1,425% Profits for the Non-Profits HOA Empire Read more... |
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Texas HOA Managemnt Charges $300.00-$500.00 for Resale Certificate |
Friday, 22 April 2011 |
Ripoff Report: WHY IN THE HECK ARE RESALE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER FEES SO EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU SELL A HOME IN THE STATE OF TEXAS?
The truth of the matter is that the information in a Resale Certificate takes minutes to issue and deliver by an AGENT. Normally the Resale Certificate is sent to the title company in a form of a PDF file. There is NO copying, there is NO assembling and delivery is a mere click of a mouse. Keep in mind many AGENTS are charging $300.00-$500.00 for this service. How much is your AGENT charging? In a nutshell, agents are doing everything wrong. Agents think that once they are hired to manage a HOA that they have inherent authority to: 1) Charge homeowners directly for fees related to resale-certificate and transfer, 2) Set the fee amount (whatever they want to charge) for the resale certificate and transfer 3) Collect the fees for their own account. 4) As a result, the respective fees have been increasing to unreasonable amounts. All of which are absolutely wrong on several levels! |
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HOA Treasurer Has Lien Placed on HIS House |
Friday, 22 April 2011 |
Former HOA treasurer arrested
The former treasurer of a Brookhaven homeowners association has been arrested and charged with stealing $123,000 from the groupâs reserve account. William Blake, 68, lived at the Bluffs of Nancy Creek, a development of about 80 homes. He was arrested April 12 on a charge of theft by taking and released the same day on $100,000 bond, according to information on the DeKalb County Sheriffâs Office website. |
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Thursday, 21 April 2011 |
HOA Attorney Fees: An Unconscionable Racket
HOAs have a close relationship with private attorneys that result in homeowners getting fleeced. HOA management companies sign up attorneys eager to sue, and charge homeowners thousands when the amount in dispute is a few hundred dollars. HOAs love the money the attorneys collect and turn a blind eye to the fact that the attorney fees dwarf the amount the homeowner is behind. HOA boards may not even realize their management companies and attorneys intentionally design a system to make more money with installment agreements with extra fees and charges added each month. To make matters worse some HOA attorneys pad their bills by charging attorney time when a legal secretary or paralegal merely changes a few names on form lawsuits these HOA attorneys file regularly in court. |
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