Did Congress help Cause the Financial Meltdown? (3:03 min)
Quotes from the TRCC Sunset Committee report and homeowner testimonials (3:11 min):
Caveate Emptor. Home buyers beware (3:22 min):
48% of Mortgages upside-down by 2011
Community Forum on the Abuses from Corporate Residential Home Builders, 12/07/2009
(9:50)
Community Forum on the Abuses from Centex, Pulte, KB Homes *Extended Version* (47:40)
The Workers Defense Project Helps Build a Better Austin (6:50)
Workers Defense Project - Construction Report "Building Austin, Building Injustice" *Remix* (9:50) Wayne Caswell (HOT) speaks at 4:40min - 9:50min
Workers Defense Project - Action Against Centex/Pulte Homes for Unpaid Wages in Austin (8:10) Wayne Caswell (HOT) speaks at 18:30-
28:40min
Austin bank demolishes new homes:
CBS reports on FBI crackdown on Mortgage Fraud (2:53 min):
FBI Mortgage Fraud investigation prompts call for new laws (2:32 min):
Realtors discuss Mortgage Fraud examples with consumer advocate (10:00 min):
Bob Perry funds candidates in bid to save the TRCC (3:09 min):
Brownfields and You - how the law allows development on contaminated land (5:24
min):
"Cotton Fields" music video by Creedence Clearwater Revival (2:58 min):
Did Arsenic in soil (from chemical plants or cotton farming) cause brain tumors? (4:37
min):
Cotton Farming - environmental disaster and lethal pesticides (1:57 min):
Builder debts to subcontractors result in property liens (8:12 min):
A proposed Texas Lemon Law for Homes, featuring Williamson County (13:27 min):
These and other videos are also featured on our blog on Ning.com where you can post your own stories, photos and videos. Topics posted there
so far include:
·Green Building
·Mortgage Fraud
·Financial Bailout
·Building Inspections
·Lemon Law for Homes
·Builder Licensing and Penalties for Abuse
·Homeowners rally against specific builders
·Builder Lobbying & Campaign Contributions
·Arbitration vs. Other Legal Dispute Remedies
·The Dream of Homeownership Pushed Too Far
·Liens on Your Property because of Builder Debts
·Chinese Drywall and other Substandard Materials
·Health Concerns of building on Contaminated Land
·Foundation Problems from building on Expansive Soil
·Funny Construction Accidents and the need for Insurance
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
People who feel they are too small to make a difference, have never spent the night in a
room with a mosquito. -unknown
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. -Baron Acton
(1834-1902)
The Cops are against the Robbers, but the Laws are against the Cops. -Hank Williams, Jr.
In Texas you can buy your own state agency, then regulate yourself. -Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston),one of just 6 Texas legislators to NOT receive money from
homebuilders.
The loss in property values resulting from substandard, incomplete and unsafe construction
erodes the local tax base. These are the tax dollars that educate our children and safeguard our
communities. - Rep. Dora Olivo
(D-Rosenberg)
Everybody does better when everybody does better.
- Jim Hightower's dad (Jim is a recovering
politician)
"Together we bargain, divided we beg." -MayorCalvin Tillman, Dish,
TX
You can lead a man to Congress, but you can’t make him think.- Milton
Berle
THEY ALSO SAY
No other states' public policy poses a greater burden for defective
homes squarely on homeowners like Texas.
Stuck with LEMON... need Lemon Law for homes
In Texas LULAC has witnessed a disturbing trend in substandard new home
construction, which can be attributed to the lack of adequate inspections during construction, lack of effective
new home warranty protection, home durability as well as lack of consumer redress for defective new home
construction.
The industry-wide use of Binding Mandatory Arbitration (BMA) clauses in new
homebuilder contracts and third party warranties further deny home buyers their constitutional rights of holding a
builder accountable through the courts.