Step Back in History 1979 - Little has changed Homebuilder Build Defective Houses |
Sunday, 28 March 2010 |
The Christian Science Monitor News Service 1979:
How to ensure a Home Builder Does Good Work
... Improved protection for new-home buyers is almost sure to come. One indicator is the strong new interest in housing problems shown by the Federal Trade Commission. The watchdog agency's staff recently completed a major discussion paper on consumer housing problems...Elizabeth Dole warned that consumer patience with new home problems is 'rapidly running out" and that unless there is industry wide self-regulation, "You can brace yourself for full-scale, hard-hitting regulation from the government."
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