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Indictments Brought Against Nine Contractors for Allegedly Bribing NYCHA Superintendents
New York City Department of Investigation began Undercover Probe after NYCHA Employees Reported Allegedly Being Offered Bribes and...
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$400 Billion Desert City in the Works
Former Walmart executive and Billionaire, Marc Lore, has unveiled his vision for a new city in the American desert.
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Fire Ravaged Town Buys Land to Use as Fire Breaks
The city of Paradise aims to purchase properties devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire and turn them into green spaces in order to stave off f
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Department of Labor Repeatedly Cites Homebuilder for Dangerous Workplace
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again cited a Pueblo home manufacturing company
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Supply Stabilizes Leaving Half of Lumber Dealers With Excess Inventory
Close to half of U.S. Lumber suppliers now report excess inventory in a survey conducted by John Burns Real Estate Consulting LLC.
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As the Cost of New Homes Skyrocket, Who's Really Paying the Price?
The price of new homes is at an all time high and buyers -- and the workers who are building the homes-- are footing the bill.
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Osha Responds to Spate of Worker Injuries with Weekend Jobsite Inspections
In a press release from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor has announced a "Weekend Work" initiative
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New Receiver Assigned in Case Involving Mega Developer Mohammad Honarkar
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge assigned a new receiver to take control of Honarkar's portfolio of properties.
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Los Angeles Elected Officials Spend Night in Tiny Homes Community for Homeless
Earlier this week, a group of Los Angeles Political leaders spent the night in a homeless community
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Seven Days Later and 147 Still Missing in Surfside Disaster
A week into the Surfside condo search and rescue and only 16 bodies have been discovered with 147 still missing.
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Alhambra Housing Project Controversy as Locals Take Sides
Those for and those against The Villages at Alhambra, are squaring off over the proposed project.
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Construction Inflation Stalls Projects as Material Costs Reach Critical Levels
Material prices continue to skyrocket and developers are reporting nationwide delays and scuttled projects in commercial real estate
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Study Highlights Impact of Low Pay and Meager Benefits within California Construction
A report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center examines the public cost of low wages and lack of benefits in a large sector of California’s...
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Habitat for Humanity Finds Workaround to Continue Building Amidst Record High Lumber Prices
For an organization that relies on donations and volunteers to operate, this season's skyrocketing lumber costs have threatened
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Planned Housing Next to Contaminated Plot has Locals Concerned
RMS Corp and Pinyon Group's plans to build 468 housing units in Lincoln Heights is drawing fresh scrutiny from locals
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Pinnacle Accused of Tax Fraud and Worker Exploitation
With the Pinnacle jobsite as a backdrop, over 150 local carpenters and their supporters gathered Saturday morning
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Permit Application Delays During Pandemic Create Serious Backlog in Long Beach CA
Long Beach's excessive permit wait times have contractors as well as home owners stymied. City officials are finally admitting to the severi
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Will High Prices and Low Occupancy Doom The Q?
California Homebuilders may have overshot the mark with high priced The Q Variel apartments in Woodland Hills, CA.
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Parody Site Digs Fun at San Diego's Problem Plagued, High-End, Pinnacle On the Park Apartments
An influencer with a bone to pick has come up with an interesting way to highlight some of the problems that plague the Pinnacle Apartments
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Kearny Mesa Construction Fatality: Wermers Multi-Family Cover Up?
During the holidays, a worker lost his life on the Ariva apartments construction site in the Kearny Mesa section of San Diego.
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