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Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings: Kaufman and Broad Homes Includes links to homeowner Sites, news articles, Federal Trade Commission cases, and lawsuits. http://www.hadd.com/websites.php

Kaufman and Broad Homes: A Homeowners Story Homeowner had problems with damaged linoleum, chipping grout, faulty wiring, smoke from fireplace, window and roof leaks, and other construction defects. [Requires frames] http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/Street/6903/

KB Home Class Action Information about lawsuit to force KB Home to drop the "binding arbitration" clause in contracts. http://www.kbhome-classaction.com/

Southridge Community Information Information provided by KB Home apprising residents of Arlington's Southridge Community about ordnance removal and soil testing developments. http://www.southridgeinfo.com/

Many Texas Homeowners Clash With Builder Over Tract Houses KB Home attributes conflict to activist who faces criminal prosecution. [Wall Street Journal/CPEO] (August 18, 2003) http://www.cpeo.org/lists/military/2003/msg00948.html

Lawsuit Targets KB Home Project "A Seaside resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down KB Home's Seaside Highlands subdivision, alleging that the city's sale of the Fort Ord property was a giveaway that ignored the need for low-income housing." [Monterey County Herald] (May 21, 2003) http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/5910603.htm

Arlington Residents Sue KB Home "Sixty-four homeowners in Arlington are suing Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home for not disclosing that the Southridge Hills subdivision was built on the site of a former military bombing practice range, according to the plaintiffs' attorneys Friday." [Dallas Business Journal] (November 9, 2001) http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2001/11/05/daily52.html