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Assosiated Press: Comptroller criticizes TRCC |
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
Comptroller criticizes new home construction commission
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn says the Texas Residential Construction Commission doesn't have the power to force homebuilders to repair defects in new houses. |
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KVUE TV - Video News Report - TRCC |
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
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Comptroller criticizes construction commission
Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn says the Texas Residential Construction Commission doesn't have the power to force homebuilders to repair defects in new houses. KVUE TV Austin Reports |
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WFAA Dallas - Report on TRCC Probe |
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Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
Homeowners anticipate TRCC probe outcome
The Texas Residential Construction Commission, which was created two years ago by the legislature to help homeowners and homebuilders resolve their differences, has been placed under investigation to the interest of many homeowners. The investigation of the agency is scheduled to be completed in the next few weeks and New 8 found most everyone News 8 talked to wanted the results made public. Video Byron Harris reports |
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Texas Comptroller Conducts Audit of Builders State Agency |
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Sunday, 08 January 2006 |
State agency making changes
But consumer groups remain skeptical, saying the agency was created in 2003 at the behest of builders to reduce litigation by forcing consumers into a state-run dispute resolution process...Alex Winslow, director of consumer group Texas Watch, said homeowners shouldn't have to pay for the dispute process at all. He's also critical of the agency's governor-appointed board, which has many industry representatives on it — including John Krugh, who works as general counsel for Houston builder Bob Perry's company and helped craft the legislation that created the construction commission. "I think the makeup of the board speaks for itself," Winslow said. "It's dominated by industry insiders, with Bob Perry's lawyer as one of the original appointees. I think that speaks to the agency's leanings."... "The whole premise of this is to wear down the homebuyer," said Ahmad, who has been pushing for a home lemon law, similar to the one for cars. |
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State Comptroller Reviews Builder Agency |
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Thursday, 05 January 2006 |
Homebuilder review draws debate
Consumer groups have long sought a review of the two-year-old state agency that regulates home builders, claiming it favors the industry over homeowners. They finally got the state comptroller to do one... Rep. David Swinford, R-Dumas, chairman of the House Committee on State Affairs, has asked the state attorney general for an opinion...Consumer advocates critical of the building commission question Swinford's motives and wonder why he wouldn't welcome input on the agency. |
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Builder Registration Revoked |
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Wednesday, 30 November 2005 |
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KHOU Ch.11 Houston Special Investigation |
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Tuesday, 29 November 2005 |
KHOU Ch.11 News, Defenders Investigation
Are problem home builders your problem?
Fly-by-night contractors flock to Texas
Over the last few months, the 11 News Defenders have dug through every complaint ever filed with the state's construction commission about builders and remodelers. State authorities put out the welcome mat…â€This agency has fallen short on consumer complaints across the board.†Duane Wadill is the Executive Director of TRCC… The Defenders have discovered the commission has not fully investigated more than 80% of complaints against builders. |
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BBB Looking at Growing Trend of Defective Homes |
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Saturday, 26 November 2005 |
Protecting consumers, promoting business
...BBB statistic claiming for every one complaint the organization receives, there are twenty problems never reported...From KB Homes to David Weekley to Royce and Perry, Parsons said the growing trend in building new, damaged and defective homes, however, is a problem which the BBB is looking at..."Something very bad is going on and for the first time, I am starting to wonder whether we are going to be able to keep homebuilders as members," Parsons said... In 2003, after homebuilders successfully lobbied the state legislator for a new state agency to protect them against lawsuits, the Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC) was formed. Since the TRCC's inception, Parsons said nothing but problems and issues arose..."Our mandate on the TRCC is that it is the law, but it is not a good law. We don't like laws like this; we want businesses to play fair."... "Half the builders hate that law. They saw some of the zealots start to affect their industry, not because they were bad but because other builders were bad," Parsons said. Furthermore, Parsons said the TRCC hurts the good builders left in the industry. "It is a terrible law. It is interesting that you look at the homebuilders who backed the TRCC law have gone south with us-Weekley, Royce and Perry." |
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Big Money and Shoddy Construction |
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
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