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The Times – Mercer County |
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Monday, 16 August 2004 |
The
Times â Mercer
County
Home builder probed
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP - Under fire from local officials for unfinished work in
upscale neighborhoods he built here, developer Merrick Wilson's business practices
have landed him in hot water with the state as well.
The state Department of Community Affairs launched an investigation this month
into River Valley Heights Corp., a construction company believed to be headed
by the embattled builder. |
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Saturday, 14 August 2004 |
Pepperell
Free Press
Pepperell mold victim going national to back mold bill, Davis
takes her story to Washington
By Don Eriksson
Friday, August 13, 2004
PEPPERELL -- Mold victim Nancy Davis will carry her story to Washington ,
D.C. , and tell it to legislators during Mold Awareness Week, Sept. 19-24,
as part of a national consortium that is drumming up support for a bill filed
by Michigan Congressman John Conyers Jr. that would establish federal mold
regulations. |
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Residential housing standards are in the works |
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Friday, 13 August 2004 |
Residential housing standards are
in the works
Adolfo Pesquera
Express-News Business Writer
Skating between the public's skepticism and an industry increasingly sensitive
about its image, the Texas Residential Construction Commission rolled into
San Antonio late Wednesday to solicit comments on its draft for housing standardsâ¦
The existing draft is essentially a carbon copy of the limited warranties
that homeowners have found so troublesome over the past decade, said Janet
Ahmad, president of Homeowners for Better Building ⦠Despite Thomas' assurances,
Scott Emerson of Scott's Inspection Co. spoke for many in the audience when
he noted that the commission had a perception hurdle to overcome â eight of
its nine members earn their livelihood within the homebuilding industry. |
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Consumer groups skeptical of new law |
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Thursday, 12 August 2004 |
Consumer groups skeptical of new law
Industry-created legislation creates dispute resolution
By PURVA PATEL
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
Texas builders received a little-noticed victory during last year's legislative session: the industry-drafted Texas Residential Construction Commission Act. ""Although it was touted as legislation that extends more homeowner protections with the creation of a commission to govern the industry, consumer advocates say the new law works more to protect builders than homeowners. Homeowners really don't have any rights at all,"" said Cheryl Turner, a consumer attorney in Dallas. |
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Crooked contractors leave clients in shambles |
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Thursday, 12 August 2004 |
Crooked contractors
leave clients in shambles
'I feel like I have zero rights,' says a homeowner whose work
was left shoddy and unfinished
By PURVA PATEL
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
â¢The state attorney general's office received about 750 complaints about contractors
in the last two years.
â¢The Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston has received some 4,200 complaints
in the past three years.
â¢The Harris County district attorney office's consumer fraud division reports
receiving more complaints about contractors than any other profession since Tropical
Storm Allison struck the city in 2001. |
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Bank dismisses mortgage for mold-affected Davis family |
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Thursday, 01 July 2004 |
Bank
dismisses mortgage for mold-affected Davis family
""Washington Mutual Savings Bank [of Jacksonville , Fla. ] and Fannie Mae
is charging off the mortgage,"" Nancy Davis said. ""It's just wonderful news⦠on
May 28 the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a ""Radon Gas
and Mold Notice and Release Agreement"" ( www.aerotechlabs.com)
that is now a requirement for all HUD home sales contracts to make certain
that purchasers know radon gas and mold may cause health problems. |
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DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSES CIVILPENALTIES AGAINST KB HOME FOR REAL ESTATE VIOLATIONSPRESS |
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Tuesday, 29 June 2004 |
DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE ASSESSES CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST KB HOME FOR REAL ESTATE VIOLATIONS PRESS RELEASE: STATE OF ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE CASA GRANDEâ Real Estate Commissioner Elaine Richardson recently signed a Consent Order finding developer and broker KB Home-Phoenix to be in violation of Real Estate laws in the SK Ranch Subdivision located in Casa Grande. Combined civil penalties and settlement payments totaled in excess of $43,000. |
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Contractor took money, but did no work, police say |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2004 |
Contractor took
money, but did no work, police say
On Sunday, borough police charged the contractor, Roger Louis Hemhauser,
54, with nine counts of theft, saying he has bilked borough residents out of
approximately $200,000 since November. He took at least $98,000 more from residents
in Edison and Woodbridge , according to police in those townships. |
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Builder admits payoffs to ex-Hudson exec |
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Wednesday, 23 June 2004 |
Builder admits payoffs to ex-Hudson exec
For $115,000, political contributor won $10 million in government funds
Joseph Barry, a politically active builder whose luxury homes and shopping
complexes have reshaped towns throughout New Jersey , admitted yesterday paying
nearly $115,000 in bribes to win government financing for a project on the
Hoboken waterfront⦠Barry told U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano, was a ""reward"" for
Janiszewski's help in getting almost $10 million in government grants and loans
for the Shipyard, a 45-acre riverfront housing and shopping complex in Hoboken.
Unbeknownst to Barry, Janiszewski at the time was cooperating with the FBI
after being caught taking bribes from another contractor. |
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Panel Finds Mold in Buildings Is No Threat to Most People |
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Wednesday, 26 May 2004 |
Panel Finds Mold in Buildings Is No Threat to Most People
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
Stepping into an issue that has alarmed homeowners and led to hundreds of
lawsuits and billions of dollars in insurance payments, a government panel
of experts reported yesterday that toxic mold in homes did not appear to pose
a serious health threat to most peopleâ¦
Yesterday's findings drew criticism from homeowners who say they have experienced
the phenomenon.
""I get calls from people every day saying they've had water problems, windows
that leak, or water plumbing events behind the walls,"" said Janet Ahmad, president
of Homeowners for Better Building in San Antonio , an advocacy group for people
affected by mold. ""Somebody in the house usually has nosebleeds. They go away
for the weekend and the children stop coughing and having nosebleeds."" |
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Wednesday, 26 May 2004 |
Homewrecked
Fox29 Undercover Investigation
Jeff Cole, Reporter
Life-threatening construction defects in homes valued at a half-million dollars
!!! These are the findings of a Fox 29 Undercover investigation into shoddy
home construction. Fox 29 Undercover begins a series of reports over the next
few months. We begin our ""Homewrecked"" series in New Jersey . For some it's
not a â Garden State .â |
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