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		<title>Workers’ compensation  lead to complications for Mecklenburg County code officials&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, a new state law went into effect to stop unlicensed contractors from skirting the system. The goal is to crack down on contractors who solicit a property owner to apply for a permit for work they will do for the owner. “The purpose of the legislation is to close the loophole,” said Mike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. HBA  mergers  aren’t new&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is precedent in North Carolina for homebuilders associations to combine into a larger group or secede from another. In February 2007, the Brunswick County Homebuilders Association was formed following a merger between the Homebuilders Association of Brunswick County, which covered the northern and central part of the county, and the South Brunswick Islands Homebuilders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why it’s so tough to form a regional HBA&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Charlotte metro area, there are nine homebuilders associations. Many of them are suffering from lower membership numbers, a side effect of the housing market’s troubles. For some HBAs, memberships are down by more than 50 percent, which means less income to operate, which in turn means staffing and hours of operation have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industry’s eyes are on Cabarrus fee case&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future of a controversial fee the construction industry is charged to build housing in Cabarrus County will be in the hands of the state Supreme Court next week. On Monday, the court will hear arguments in the case involving the county’s adequate public facilities ordinance. Despised by many in the building industry but intended [...]]]></description>
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