AARP Supports Texas Legislation to Regulate Home-Improvement Contractors |
Saturday, 10 February 2007 |
AARP Texas Update: 80th Legislative Session: AARP Takes Stands on Rates, Health, Other Issues
Preventing 'home-improvement fraud' targeting older homeowners: AARP supports the enactment of state laws that require home-improvement contractors to be licensed and insured, establish the need for written contracts specifying the terms of a given agreement and create recovery funds to protect the financial resources of the consumer. Moreover, contractor who provides fraudulent home repair work should be subject to criminal penalties. See: Texas Update on issues
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