Housing crash tour stopping in Austin
Posted December 4th, 2009 by guy3
Austin Business Journal:
Members of the Laborers’ International Union of North America are making a stop in Austin as part of a 3,300-mile, 10-city tour to protest large homebuilders’ roles in the U.S. Housing market crash.
LIUNA officials said the “Build America so America Works” RV tour aims to highlight the role that Pulte Homes and groups like Centex, KB Home and Lennar played in the collapse and loss of construction jobs by offering subprime and exotic mortgages.
In Austin, the group will stop at the Austin Centex office on Dec. 7 to hold a rally. It will hold a community discussion on homebuilding corporations and the U.S. housing market at 5 p.m. that day at the Hilton Garden Inn at 500 N. I-35.
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