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Outrageous! Buy a New Home - Don’t Sue and Shut Up
Homebuilders will stop at nothing – Now Buyers must agree not to Speak
Beware of New Builder Clause – Homebuilder requires that homebuyer sign clauses forcing buyers to give up their constitutional rights.  It’s a decision between constitutional rights and the American Dream. 

SEE: KB Warranty Conditions - Sign A Shut Up Agreement or No Repairs
PLUS: It's Your Choice, Homebuilder Contracts - Hold Harmless  

IS YOUR STATE NEXT?
As Goes Texas So Goes the Nation 
TEXAS REGULATES HOMEBUYERS!
NEW HOMEBUYER LEGISLATION MAY BE COMING TO YOUR STATE SOON
!
How Texas Home Building Industry shaped the Texas Residential Construction
Commission (TRCC) and regulates new homebuyers

Defective Products
The Secrecy of Binding Arbitration
Tuesday, 04 June 2002
"Arbitration, Other Matters: Each party agrees to keep all Disputes and arbitration proceedings strictly confidential, except for disclosing of information required in the ordinary course of business of the parties or by applicable law or regulation." --Contract Clark Wilson Homes, Inc. Austin Texas.

NOTE: Does this mean no media attention? No protesting? No letters to our Senators and State Reps? Or to the Texas Attorney Generals Office? (as if that would do any good.)

 
Arbitration Should Stand on it's Own
Tuesday, 28 May 2002

"Arbitration clauses should be removed from new home contracts as a prerequisite
to purchasing the home. Only when a dispute arises should the owner be given the option of binding arbitration instead of the current court system. Only when the extra fees, rules, procedures, and backgrounds of the arbitrators are openly disclosed to the homeowner can they make a reasonable and educated decision."

"Disclosure of the facts to reach an informed choice will allow binding arbitration to stand on it's own or fall on it's farce."

Link: /hobbv1/arbitration2.txt

 
Just how biased can an arbitration and arbitrator be?
Thursday, 23 May 2002
Read Falbaum v. Houston Village Builders Inc submitted to the Texas arbitration hearing May 15. This was a case in Houston. This is well worth reading
 
The use of Mandatory Binding Arbitration Clauses in The Woodlands Texas
Thursday, 23 May 2002

Can  you buy a new home in The Woodlands without giving up your 7th Amendment Rights to a civil trial if you have a defect in the biggest investment of your life? 

Link: /hobbv1/thewoodlands.shtml

 
DR Horton's $10,000 Arbitration Clause
Thursday, 23 May 2002

"If buyer does not seek arbitration prior to initiating any legal action, buyer agrees that seller shall be entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $10,000." 

 
DR Horton's $10,000 Arbitration Clause
Thursday, 23 May 2002

"If buyer does not seek arbitration prior to initiating any legal action, buyer agrees that seller shall be entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of $10,000." 

 
Nonprofit group pans arbitration Says system stacked against consumers
Sunday, 19 May 2002

Touted as a cheaper and faster alternative to lawsuits, binding arbitration is expensive for consumers and denies them access to courts, according to a report released last week by the non-profit group Public Citizen. 

Link: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1416847

 
Nonprofit group pans arbitration Says system stacked against consumers
Sunday, 19 May 2002

Touted as a cheaper and faster alternative to lawsuits, binding arbitration is expensive for consumers and denies them access to courts, according to a report released last week by the non-profit group Public Citizen. 

Link: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/1416847

 
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Reckless Endangerment
BY: GRETCHEN MORGENSON
and JOSHUA ROSNER

Outsized Ambition, Greed and
Corruption Led to
Economic Armageddon


Amazon
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Rise and Fall of Predatory Lending and Housing

NY Times: Building Flawed American Dreams 
Read CATO Institute: 
HUD Scandals

Listen to NPR:
Reckless Endangerman
by
Gretchen Morgenson : How 'Reckless' Greed Contributed
to Financial Crisis - Fannie Mae

 Texas, First Home Lemon Law Debated in the Nation

NPR Special Report
Part I Listen Now
Perry Home - No Warranty 
Part II Listen Now
Texas Favors Builders

Consumer Affairs Builder Complaints

IS YOUR STATE NEXT?
As Goes Texas So Goes the Nation
Knowledge and Financial Responsibility are still Optional for Texas Home Builders

OUTSTANDING FOX4 REPORT
TRCC from Bad to Worse
Case of the Crooked House

Washington Post
The housing bubble, in four chapters
BusinessWeek Special Reports
Bonfire of the Builders
Homebuilders helped fuel the housing crisis
Housing: That Sinking Feeling

TRCC AN ARRESTING EXPERIENCE
The Pat and Bob Egert Building & TRCC Experience 

Build it right the first time
An interview with Janet Ahmad

KB Home Bombs
KB Goes Unpunished for Building Community on Bombs
Taxpayers Pay $2.6 Million
KB Attempts to Bribe Woman

KB HOME FEATURES
Legislators, HUD & FTC
Respond to complaints
HUD Fines KB Home$3.2M
FTC Fines KB Home $2M


ABC 20/20 - KB Home built on bombs
KB to build on Worst Nnuclear Meltdown Site
Why KB Profits are Greater
Special Reports - Read More...
See KB Homeowners Protest and Get Results
 WFAA's Bryan Harris Investigates KB Home & Bombs

 Give Me Back My Rights Campaign
Model State Arbitration Legislation
Fair Homebuyer Contract Model

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And the walls came
tumblin' down

Discovery Home Channel
Holmes on Homes

Pulte Homeowner Survey
Warranty & Mortgage Experience
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KB Home Builds on Bombs
(10/7/2005 No Transcript available)
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· WFAA News 8 Investigates KB 
   Home & Bombs

· $1.9M for KB Bombing 
  Range Taxpayer Cleanup

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KB gives new meaning to
  “Home, home on the range”

· Home on the Bombing Range 
  History still haunts development

· News4:: Reports Charges Dropped

Warranty?  What 25-Year-Warranty?
Warranty Scams that fool the public 25 years, 50, 100 or even a “Lifetime Warranty,” what’s the difference?

PROFITABLE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
 
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