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Building Qualifications are Irrelevant in Texas |
Sunday, 06 March 2005 |
HOBB Board Member Registers as âCheetum Custom Homesâ Jo Hayman, board member and Dallas/Fort Worth representative of HomeOwners for Better Building (HOBB), exposed the ease of becoming a builder in Texas when she registered as a builder doing business as âCheetum Custom Homes.â When asked what it took to be a builder in Texas, Hayman responded, â$125, a social security number and absolutely no knowledge of how to construct a house." |
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Are Bob Perry Homes an Urban Renaissance or Nightmare? |
Thursday, 24 February 2005 |
The Dead Zone Houston buries its Inner Loop past under bright new shiny Perry Homes town houses The company promises that its homes will be solid, care-free, efficient and economical... But Perry Homes refused to fix most of the problems...The founder of Perry Homes is the largest private political donor to Republican causes in the nation... And he's no less controversial within the camps of his own industry. University of Houston architecture professor Tom Diehl speaks for many in his profession when he describes the 72-year-old former schoolteacher as, simply, "the enemy." ... "The problem with the town houses [in Houston] is not that they're all the same; the issue is that they're the same miserable, low-quality design." |
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Homeowners ask lawmakers to Mandate Builder Accountability |
Wednesday, 16 February 2005 |
Amend HB730 â The Texas Residential Construction Commission Act |
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Knoweledge & Financial Responsibility Optional for Builders |
Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
Homeowners storm Capitol
Janet Ahmad, president of HomeOwners for Better Building, said TRCC's Texas Star Builder Program is the main point of contention. The program allows builders to qualify as "star builders," demonstrating knowledge, experience and history of financial responsibility, Ahmad said. She said this must be made mandatory for builders instead of optional, as it is under the current system. |
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Tuesday, 15 February 2005 |
Home dispute panel criticized When Jordan Fogal and her husband purchased a new home in spring 2002, they never expected they'd be living in a tiny apartment two years later, stuck with a 30-year mortgage on a house that's falling apart. "My husband's 69 years old," said Fogal, of Houston, "but we're having to start our lives over like 20 year olds." |
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Texas Observer - Capitol Offenses |
Friday, 11 February 2005 |
The Agency that Bob Perry Built For nearly a decade, homebuilders had steadily eroded consumer rights in Texas: Buyers who moved into brand-new houses and found cracked foundations and leaky roofs had little recourse. Some couldnât file a lawsuit even if they wanted. They had signed housing contracts that forced them to resolve complaints through binding arbitration hearings notorious for favoring builders... Homebuilders are some of the stateâs heftiest contributors to political campaigns. Their interests so dominate the TRCC that the new agency is little more than a tool to help the industry win disputes against consumers...Since 2001, the industry has donated more than $8.9 million to candidates, parties, and political action committees, according to an analysis by the campaign watchdog group Campaigns for People. That includes $744,562 to Gov. Rick Perry...
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Homebuilder Money, Binding Arbitration & Using Docotors |
Sunday, 06 February 2005 |
Houston Chronicle Power tale: Mugging Dr. Welby By RICK CASEY A recent study showing that homebuilders have contributed $9 million to state officials in the past four years raised a simple question.What are they getting for their money? The Austin-based reform organization that conducted the study, Campaigns for People, accused legislators of responding by setting up the Texas Residential Construction Commission... Richard Weekley, a Houston real estate developer (and part owner of his brother's David Weekley Homes), wrote a letter to Gov. Perry... |
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