Statement from Sen. Weinstein on the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights

OLYMPIA – Sen. Brian Weinstein, D-Mercer Island, made the following statement about the House’s failure to vote on the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights before the end of the 2008 Legislative Session.

With only a couple hours left in the 2008 Legislative session, I am disappointed that for the second year in a row the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights is dead.

After the bill passed the Senate, the House Judiciary Committee and many conversations with the Speaker all session, I offered an extremely reasonable compromise yesterday. I offered to support his three-point plan if he would agree to the simplest of consumer rights – allowing an aggrieved homebuyer to take the builder to court for violating the building code only after the homebuyer gave the builder notice and an opportunity to fix the problem.

I have not heard from him since offering this compromise and can only assume with only hours left in the session, he has decided to let the bill die.

Unfortunately, the Speaker has decided to stand with powerful special interests rather than the homebuyers of Washington.

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