breaking scandal, not well publicized yet – several high end builders may be liable for homes built in the 2004 – 2006 period for using imported Chinese wallboard that was made from coal plant waste and which gives off toxic, sulfuric fumes to the houses which were built. They did it because it was cheap.

OT but I saw on Jammi wearing fool that Terry McAuliffe has announced he is running for governmor of Virginia.

86 houses in the project

36 complaints from owners 25 already resolved others are scheduled for completion.

From what I see some of the issues are what you would expect to see from lack of maintenance by the owner after occupancy.

Compared to what I see done to Section 8 housing in the near area ,which 10 years after construction looks like a war zone, the houses seem to be in overall fair shape.

Minor cracks in cement floors which are easy to fill and patch if a house settles on a slab floor.

Roach infestation..please an owner issue to control pests and roaches are a constant fight here so that is nothing new.

I really don’t see anything that looks like a builder fault except the hairline cement slab cracks and that as I said could be strictly due to aging which is common even in high end housing here.

I suspect some of the other things are due to small damage by the owners or their children that were not dealt with and over time grew to be larger problems.

In any event the city and HabiJax is addressing all issues and this story seems to be much more blown out of proportion than it should be.

NYT has a story up now and this place is in NE Fl and built by HabiJax which is associated with Habitat.

Considering the number of houses and the few to complain so far..I wonder if someone is sort of convincing people that something is wrong that needs to be complained about.

I will wait to see more coverage as it develops.

Still looking for a story in the local paper or tv coverage.

I can’t even find anything other than this one story in my news portals, not even a local Fl story listed.