HomeLatest NewsFeatured HomebuildersHome Buyer ResourcesBinding ArbitrationResource LinksSubmit ComplaintsView ComplaintsTake Action 101!Report Mortgage FraudMortgage Fraud NewsForeclosure NewsConstruction DefectsHome DefectsPhoto GalleryFoundation ProblemsHomeowner Website LinksHOA Reform
Main Menu
Home
Latest News
Featured Homebuilders
Home Buyer Resources
Binding Arbitration
Resource Links
Submit Complaints
View Complaints
Take Action 101!
Report Mortgage Fraud
Mortgage Fraud News
Foreclosure News
Construction Defects
Home Defects
Photo Gallery
Foundation Problems
Homeowner Website Links
HOA Reform
Featured Topics
Builder Death Spiral
Report Mortgage Fraud
Foreclosure Special Report
Mold & New Home Guide
Special News Reports
Centex & Habitability
How Fast Can They Build Them?
TRCC Editorial
Texas TRCC Scandal
Texas Watch - Tell Lawmakers
TRCC Recommendations
Sandra Bullock
People's Lawyer
Prevent Nightmare Homes
Choice Homes
Smart Money
Weekly Update Message
HOBB Archives
About HOBB
Contact Us
Fair Use Notice
Legislative Work
Your House

 HOBB News Alerts
and Updates

Click Here to Subscribe

Support HOBB - Become a Sustaining Member
Who's Online
ABC Special Report
Investigation: New Home Heartbreak
Trump - NAHB Homebuilders Shoddy Construction and Forced Arbitration
Arbitration Latest News
People Over Profits: Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 Filed
Tuesday, 17 July 2007

Feingold, Johnson Introduce The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007!
The comprehensive legislation amends the Federal Arbitration Act to ensure Americans are not forced into mandatory arbitration agreements in employment, consumer, franchise or civil disputes.  Arbitration victims gathered in the background as Senator Feingold expressed his passion for the cause that began almost ten years ago.

Read more...
 
Consumer advocates slam credit-card arbitration
Monday, 16 July 2007

They charge the deck is tilted in favor of banks in disputes with credit-card holders
Javier Beltran was shocked when an arbitrator ruled that he owed $10,000 on a $2,500 loan. The money had helped him finance his brother's funeral expenses. But after failing to repay the debt promptly, Mr. Beltran had high interest charges, late fees, and attorneys' fees tacked onto the bill... if you own a credit card, chances are you have a mandatory arbitration clause. What that essentially means is that if you think the credit-card company has charged you wrongly, you might not be fighting in court. Instead, you may find your case brought before an arbitrator who works for a private arbitration group, in many cases, it's a group chosen by the banks.

Read more...
 
Feingold, Johnson Arbitration Bill a step toward restoring consumer rights
Friday, 13 July 2007

Consumer rights bill introduced in Congress
A bill backed by consumer groups to protect homeowners, employees and investors from mandatory arbitration agreements was introduced Thursday in the House and Senate. People from all walks of life — employees, investors, homeowners, those enrolled in HMOs, credit card holders and other consumers — often find themselves strong-armed into mandatory arbitration agreements," Feingold said. "We need to make sure that all Americans can still have their day in court."  Janet Ahmad, president of the advocacy group HomeOwners for Better Building in San Antonio, praised the legislation as an avenue to restore the rights of consumers when they are harmed by shoddy home building practices. Ahmad, who attended a Capitol Hill news conference, said home builders have used arbitration to subvert consumer laws.

Read more...
 
Amazing: Who’s really looking out for you? Is this Caring or Scary?
Tuesday, 10 July 2007

Watch video, sign away your rights..
Medical malpractice insurers have come up with a devious new way of preventing injured patients from suing their doctors, by forcing people to sign binding arbitration agreements as a condition of receiving treatment from doctors they cover. The latest in this wave comes from a clinic in Florida that has helpfully made this video that patients can watch at home before they sign an agreement promising not to sue for future or past malpractice. Interestingly, ob/gyns covered under this plan get only $250,000 worth of insurance coverage per claim. The policy limit strikes me as a huge incentive for pissed-off lawyers to go after doctors' personal assets in serious malpractice cases if they manage to get around the contract. This may not be such a good deal for the physicians after all. See video

 
Hometown Annapolis: Buyers Beware
Thursday, 05 July 2007

Buyers Beware
You've bought a dream home - or so you thought. Now the foundation is cracking, the basement has flooded and the roof sags. Not so dreamy anymore. County residents who have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the biggest investment of their lives are sometimes left with a defective version of the American dream... County homeowners are experiencing a "national problem," said Janet Ahmad, president of the San Antonio-based Homeowners for Better Building. Binding arbitration issues and legislation passed to protect builders from legal retribution have made it hard for buyers to fight back, she said."It has affected the lack of quality homes and virtually made warranties absolutely worthless," she said.

Read more...
 
Two Good Arbitration Ruling
Thursday, 28 June 2007

Wash. Appellate Court Says Condo Owners Not Limited to Arbitration & La. Court Denies Manufacturer’s Motion To Compel Arbitration
Washington State’s Court of Appeals has concluded that the Federal Arbitration Act does not preempt state law allowing judicial enforcement of condominium warranties... A Louisiana appellate court has refused to compel the buyer of a manufactured home to arbitrate construction defect issues with the seller, ruling that the dispute is over the arbitration agreement rather than a sales contract and must be resolved by a court

Read more...
 
Take Action
Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Ban Binding Mandatory Arbitration
Binding Mandatory Arbitration stacks the deck against average Americans trying to hold powerful interests accountable when they have been hurt through no fault of their own.  Even worse, it forces consumers to give up their rights before a dispute even occurs. Visit:
Give Me Back My Rights Campaign & People Over Profits Grassroots Action Center and
Send a message urging your Congressman to support all legislation banning Binding Arbitration 

 
Jordan Fogal Testifies in Washington DC on Binding Arbitration
Tuesday, 12 June 2007

The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
“Mandatory Binding Arbitration Agreements: Are They Fair For Consumers?

Foreclosure rates are in the news almost every day, but bad builders and arbitration clauses don't make the news. The majority of us have no voice. We are threatened with arbitration, and most are confused and afraid. Some homeowners patch up their new houses and dump them on the next unsuspecting buyer. Some houses in my neighborhood have had as many as five owners. Previous owners are being sued by new owners. We can sue each other for non-disclosure, but the builders are above the law.

Read more...
 
MSN Money: Binding Arbitration Not Good For Consumers
Thursday, 17 May 2007

Arbitration ties consumers' hands
Unhappy customers used to threaten, "I'll see you in court!" That often won't work anymore. These days, consumers are increasingly forced to resolve disputes via mandatory binding arbitration. Unfortunately, though many people now are covered by binding-arbitration agreements, most don't know what they are, how they work, when they come into play or who would decide the fate of their complaints. Businesses love binding arbitration. For them it's a faster and cheaper way to settle disputes and a great way to generate debt collections.

Read more...
 
Anti-Binding Arbitration Movement Growing
Saturday, 12 May 2007

Card Check: Binding Arbitration Invites Trouble
More excellent work comes from the Heritage Foundation's James Sherk on the spuriously named Employee Free Choice Act... Congress should reject the idea of forcing workers into binding arbitration because it would put millions of American's retirement security at risk. Unaccountable government arbitrators could force newly organized workers into severely underfunded multiemployer pension plans. Employers' retirement contributions would shore up union finances, rather than provide for their workers' retirements. It is understandable that unions support binding arbitration, but Congress should not give into their demands.

Read more...
 
House Bill 1338 - Homeowner Protection Act of 2007 to restore legal rights
Sunday, 01 April 2007

Colorado Senator Veiga Discusses Homeowner Protection Act
Home buyers deserve a threshold of basic legal proteections, according to Senator Jennifer Veiga (D-Denver), and a new measure introduced in the House will give homeowners the legal foundation to protect themselves against predatory home builders. House Bill 1338 will enact the Homeowner Protection Act of 2007, making it illegal for home builders to force or coerce buyers into signing away their rights. The Homeowner Protection Act will restore the rights of home buyers, by making these waivers illegal. "This measure is pro consumer," said Senator Veiga. "It is a fair and accurate balance between builders and buyers."

Read more...
 
<< Start < Prev 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next > End >>

Results 155 - 165 of 211
Search HOBB.org

Reckless Endangerment
BY: GRETCHEN MORGENSON
and JOSHUA ROSNER

Outsized Ambition, Greed and
Corruption Led to
Economic Armageddon


Amazon
Barnes & Noble

NPR Special Report
Part I Listen Now
Perry Home - No Warranty 
Part II Listen Now
Texas Favors Builders

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

Consumer Affairs Builder Complaints

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

TRCC AN ARRESTING EXPERIENCE
The Pat and Bob Egert Building & TRCC Experience 

Build it right the first time
An interview with Janet Ahmad

Bad Binding Arbitration Experience?
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
or call 1-210-402-6800

Drum Major Institute
for Public Policy

Tort Deform
Report Your Arbitration Experience

 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

top of page

© 2024 HomeOwners for Better Building
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.