Texas leadership adopts extremely limited warranties for new homes

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Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings
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Austin Texas. The newly created Texas Residential Construction Commission (TRCC pronounced "trick") approved extremely limited new home warranty standards for home construction in Texas. The warranty which must be provided by all new homebuilders becomes effective June 1. These standards have been in work for almost a year, yet fall short of providing adequate protection for new homebuyers.

According to a review, by Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings, the standards allow for cracks in the walls, in the foundation, and in the exterior of the home which consumer groups and the general public deems unreasonable. Homeowners must also correctly maintain the water content around their foundation or risk voiding the warranty. These are only a few of the many serious flaws in the standards that will be imposed on new homebuyers.

"The leadership of Texas has stooped to the lowest set of warranty standards for new home construction. It is a shame they hold such little regard for the largest investment of a Texan's lifetime." says John Cobarruvias President HADD Texas.

The warranty standards can be found at the TRCC's website http://www.trcc.state.tx.us. The TRCC is conducting informational seminars on the standards across the state. The schedule can be found at http://www.trcc.state.tx.us/links/Sandy%20Warranty%20Schedule.pdf

HADD's review of the warranty can be found at http://www.hadd.com/documents/warrantyreview.pdf

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John R. Cobarruvias
Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings
john.cobarruvias@hadd.com
14646 Cardinal Creek Ct
Houston, TX 77062
281-486-5203

http://www.hadd.com

I think the Observer published an article a couple of months ago about something like this. The petition contained a large percentage of the registered voters. Many of them were repugs.

This would be an excellent issue for residents of new suburban neighborhoods. Precinct chairs could organize petition signing walks.


on edit: Here is a link to the Observer article http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-03-03/news/schutze.html

I thought that most of the board was appointed by Perry (builder, not Gov) but can't remember where I saw it. Reviewed the members and only found one employed by Perry Homes. Some others on the board seem to have decent credentials so I guess I don't understand how they were bought off. Most of them are in the home construction industry one way or another.

Consumer comes second again....how many folks know how to "water their foundation"?