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EPA Must Consider Costs Of Lead Paint Reguation, New Survey Shows
from National Association of Home Builders
Despite overwhelming awareness of lead dust’s health risks, most consumers would refuse to pay for tests that identify a safe level of lead dust after remodeling according to a new national survey. Commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders Remodelers, the findings raise concerns that future regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency requiring mandatory lead clearance testing in pre-1978 homes may cause more problems than it solves... read more

Foreclosure Wave Bears Down on Immigrants
Economic Success Story Turns Sour as Thousands May Face Losing Homes
from WashingtonPost.com
Immigrants are emerging as among the first victims of a growing wave of home foreclosures in the Washington area as mortgage lending problems multiply locally and across the country... read more

Home Depot's CEO Packages are Worlds Apart
from MarketWatch.com
Robert Nardelli, the former chief executive of Home Depot Inc., received compensation valued at $131.2 million in 2006, according to a proxy filed late Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission... read more