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ATTENTION: KB Homeowners file your complaints with the FTC
See: 
Legislators, HUD & FTC Respond to Complaints
HUD Fines KB Home $3.2M
 - FTC Fines KB Home $2M
Speak Up – Tell Officials

Hutto Texas Looking Into Expansive Soil
Sunday, 07 October 2007

Hutto’s City Council Looking Into Expansive Soil, Builders Cutting Corners, and little Homeowners Recourse
The homebuilding business has been booming throughout Texas especially Hutto, and after Thursday night’s City Council meeting some are saying the commonality of expansive soils problems and defective trusses are a major concern.  As the magnitude of builder mistakes start to come to light and property values decline, cities like Hutto will be faced with tough decisions. Unfortunately, according to some experts, things will only get worse before it gets better. However, for residents of Hutto and some other small communities it appears officials are taking the issues of shoddy building very seriously and headed toward finding solutions. Read more...

 
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Reckless Endangerment
BY: GRETCHEN MORGENSON
and JOSHUA ROSNER

Outsized Ambition, Greed and
Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon


Amazon
Barnes & Noble

 Feature
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

 TRCC Implosion
 TRCC Shut Down
 Sunset Report

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

HUD's Broken System
From HUD's Deregulation to Disgrace
Did HUD Secretary Cisneros
 Mastermind Predatory Lending?

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

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

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 or call 1-210-402-6800

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  ABC's 20/20 Special
KB Home Builds on Bombs
(10/7/2005 No Transcript available)
See related articles:
· WFAA News 8 Investigates KB 
   Home & Bombs

· $1.9M for KB Bombing 
  Range Taxpayer Cleanup

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

· Home on the Bombing Range 
  History still haunts development

· News4:: Reports Charges Dropped

 Feature: Mother Jones Magazine
Are you Next?
People Magazine - Jordan Fogal fights back
Because of construction defects Jordan’s Tremont Home is uninhabitable
http://www.tremonthomehorrors.com/
You could be the next victim
Interview with Award Winning Author Jordan Fogal

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