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Williamson Co. Sheriff’s Office and Taylor Police Dept. at tend meeting of150 disgruntled homeowners |
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Friday, 05 September 2008 |
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Inspection fees waived for home complaints
...On hand at the meeting were investigators from Taylor PD and the sheriffs department as well as lawyers representing the Sonterra Homeowners Assoiciation, the Sonterra Municipal Utility District and TRCC. Gravel led the meeting, making sure it did not deteriorate into attacks on Stucky. Gravel shared some of the more sordid stories surrounding homes built by Stucky, including one involving Karen Carter, a wheelchair-bound woman who purchased a house from First Home in Jarrell. Carter bought her home under the condition that her doorways would be widened for her wheelchair. |
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Texas housers blog: Abolish TRCC |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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John Henneberger co-director Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
The hopelessly flawed Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) has been recommended for abolition by the Texas Sunset Commission staff. The Sunset staff report on the TRCC concludes, Current regulation of the residential construction industry is fundamentally flawed and does more harm than good. I reluctantly concur. |
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KB Home Promotion Claims Homebuyers are Dissatisfied with the Foreclosure Market |
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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KB Home's Toughest Market Competition May be Its Owner
This is really remarkable! Let me see if I have this right, KB is in using this very odd promotional spin to compete with the highly competitive foreclosure marketplace. A foreclosure market that most likely is glutted with the very same KB cookie cuter models, cheap! If the housing and financial market collapse wasnt such a far-reaching disaster I might fall off my chair in laugher reading this article. If I understand this unique advertising angle it sounds like KB Home is desperate to effectively compete with this giant competitor (85 percent of the market); the very same predatory lending foreclosure scam it was highly instrumental in creating. My
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Houston Chronicle: Many applaud panel's suggestion to scrap home builder agency |
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 |
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Consumer Watch : Opinions mixed on the fate of TRCC
Jeryl Bennett paid about $130,000 for her new home four years ago. The appraised value now: $77,000. That dramatic decrease resulted from what Bennett says is a foundation problem, symptoms of which she started noticing shortly after she moved in. But the builder, Lennar Homes, and the Texas Residential Construction Commission have told her the foundation is solid. Consumer advocates and some lawmakers contend that situations like Bennett's highlight their contention that the TRCC is an anti-consumer agency. Nearly two weeks ago, the Sunset Advisory Commission said what TRCC opponents have been wanting to hear: The agency should be abolished because it is "fundamentally flawed."...Alex Winslow, executive director of Texas Watch, said he will encourage the sunset commission to go a step further to create a new agency that will "impose real protection for homeowners that ensures builder accountability, quality building standards and real oversight of the home-building industry." |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Join us for the
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Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) Lobby Day & Press Conference on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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Express-New Special Report: Agency Lacks Teeth to Force Homebuilders to Act |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Homeowners losing fights with builders
The Texas Residential Construction Commission agreed the builder is responsible for the plumbing fiasco, but the agency can't force the company to fix it. That disconnect is one reason the Sunset Advisory Commission staff this month recommended abolishing the agency... The Texas Residential Construction Commission agreed the builder is responsible for the plumbing fiasco, but the agency can't force the company to fix it. That disconnect is one reason the Sunset Advisory Commission staff this month recommended abolishing the agency... The remaining 88 percent of reported cases are pursued by one party or the other using the legal system the very outcome the process was enacted to prevent, the report said. |
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Homebuilder Binash whining over Sunset Report to Abolish TRCC |
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Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
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Builders Foolishly Claim Industry Understands what is Best for Consumers
Mr. Binash (President, Greater Houston Builders Association and Wilshire Homes) and any builder that is against abolishment of TRCC and claims the agency is good for consumers are selfishly incorrect. No one is buying the industry (Binash) smoke and mirrors spin, that without TRCC homeowners will end up in "time-consuming and expensive litigation." The true fact is Sunset concluded that of the homeowners with construction defects who were forced into TRCC, 88% were driven to time-consuming and expensive litigation. Sunset further concluded TRCC is bad for homeowners and failed to protect them from the bad actors of the building industry. Shame on the industry that claims an agency that they bought and paid for is somehow good for the consumer. The industrys attempt to claim to be experts on the subject of what is good for consumers is a hoax. They had their chances and failed miserably while making our
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Homebuilder Binash whining over Sunset Report to Abolish TRCC |
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
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Why Realtor Will Not Sell Homes in Hutto, Kyle or any Starter Home Area |
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 |
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Huttoparke Problems Continue, Values Suffer
It is with great fascination that I first saw last year Huttoparke home owners made sure that everyone knew how poorly their homes were built. They may have had no choice but to bring public attention to the problems they were having. In 2006/2007, when our phones rang daily with investors calling to buy in Austin, many didnt like what I had to say when I told them I wasnt interested in helping them buy a home in Hutto, Kyle or any other starter home area with supposed better cash flow. Its a bad idea I would say...I hope the owners in Huttoparke find resolution and all problems are resolved. I feel sorry for them. First time buyers have enough to think about without having to do legal battle with builders. |
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Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) Lobby Day & Press Conference |
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Friday, 29 August 2008 |
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Texas Rep Coleman Supports Sunset Conclusions to Abolish TRCC |
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Friday, 29 August 2008 |
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State Representative Garnet Coleman
This past week the Houston Chronicle editorialized in favor of abolishing the Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC), following the recommendation of the Sunset Advisory Commission from a report they issued last week... Texas homeowners deserve to have a state government on their side when they need it. |
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