The homebuyers’ bill of rights, which would give homebuyers by giving them a guaranteed warranty on new homes (essentially allowing them to sue contractors for shoddy work), appears, once again, to be dead, thanks to heavy lobbying from the Building Industry Association of Washington. Publicola has the story.

7 replies on “The Homebuyers’ Bill of Rights Looks Dead”

  1. This is just so fucked up. Buying a home is the single biggest purchase most people will make in their entire lifetime, and yet in this state they have no more protection against shoddy workmanship than if they were buying some cheap, lead-and-melamine infused Chinese toys at their local $0.99 Store.

    Wait, I take that back. Consumers in WA have MORE protections in-place if they get sick from cheap Chinese crap, than they do when they purchase a newly built home.

    Fuck the BIAW, right in the eye-socket, and FUCK the WA Legislature for caving in to them in the first place.

  2. COMTE is right. But nobody amongst us drove down to Oly and gave people tons of “donations” … so why would you expect they care what we think?

  4. I’ve been thinking about buying a car, and I looked at Enterprise Sales — they sell the cars that have been removed from their rental fleet.

    They offer a 1,000 miles money back guarantee! You can drive the car for 1000 miles and if you don’t like it, you return it.

  6. As someone who is currently dealing with a poorly built home that leaks like a sieve, I just want to say F-U Chopp.

  7. @3, 6 I know Chopp was responsible for the bill’s death previously, but you should really read the link. It sounds like he had nothing to do with its death this year.

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