News Paper Articles
- KB Home CEO has bonus cut for rant against Griffin. LA Times. 2017
- Willowbrook resident’s living nightmare, Bradenton.com Aug. 17, 2014
- Construction duo accused of stealing items from new homes, WFLA, March 2014
- KB Home sues for trademark violations, but isn’t it the real cybersquatter Public Citizen 12/02/2013
- Public Citizen defends homeowner against KB Home Internet free speech. Public Citizen, Dec. 2013
- KB Home repairs frustrate Bay Area homeowners, WFLA, June 2013
- Liberty Mutual sues to end coverage of KB Home hardiplank siding suit. Harris/Martin June 2013
- REJECTED! Worst housing proposal in a decade! KB Home wants to build residential development in heavy industrial area abutting rail yard where hazardous materials are stored and moved. – Milpitas Post 11/07/13
- Story gone looks like they let them develop the industrial site anyway.
- Home owner defends against KB Home suit that seeks to shut down website Consumer Affairs 12/05/2013
- Senator Galvano to meet with KB Home representatives to talk about Willowbrook ABC news, Feb. 2013
- Embattled KB Home faced prior complaints in Texas. The Tampa Tribune October 5, 2012
- KB Home Owners planning monster KB Home Protest. News 10, October 2012
- 2007 Lawsuits says builder knew of Willowbrook home defects, Tampa Tribune, Oct, 2012
- andy Homes must be secured in East Manatee Bradenton.com August 16, 2012
- More Homes Ruled unsafe, Bradenton Herald, Aug. 7, 2012
- Workmanship, inspections, questioned in Willowbrook, Bradenton Herald, Aug. 2012
- Manatee Building Inspectors Probe KB Home Willowbrook Construction, Tampa Tibune, Aug. 27, 2012
- KB Home should buy back defective units, Bradenton Herald Editorial, Aug. 2012
- Willowbrook residents in Manatee facing long fight with developer, Bradenton Herald, Aug, 2012
- Why this Home Builder Will Never be Great Again, Motley Fool Daily Investor, May 2012
- Manatee building inspectors probe KB Home Willowbrook construction. Tampa Tribune, August 2012
- Condo Values worry owners, Bradenton Herald, Aug. 2012
- Correction, Dririte of Central Florida holds valid license to perform mold remediation, Bradenton Herald, August 2012,
- Condo owners leery of deal to fix homes. tbo (Tampa Bay Online) 2012
- KB Home victims seeking legal options, …”(If) there’s a substantial material defect that arises,” said Stetson Law Professor Darryl Wilson, “they have an action for a ‘fraudulent concealment’ [lawsuit].” WTSP 10 News, September 2012
- KB Home sues subcontractors KB Home sues 41 subcontractors – Herald Tribune, Aug. 30, 2012
- Class Action Certified in North Carolina against KB Home. North Carolina Business Litigation, Feb. 2012
- Mirasol Homes Suit Settled Express News San Antonio, May 2011
- KB Home Racketeering, 360 Law, 2011
- Former KB Home Executive Guilty of Back Dating Stocks, Huffington Post, 2010
- KB Home CEO Jeffrey Mezger got 9.6 million in 2008 compensation, LA Times, Feb, 2009
- SEC Adds to KB Home’s Troubles, WSJ, 2009
- Building Flawed American Dreams, NY Times, 2008
- KB Home Workers Await Payday Months After Completing Work on Houses for KB Home. – The Austin Chronicle. Sept. 2008
- Build it Right the First Time – San Antonio Current 2008 –
- Manatee building inspector fired for taking gifts. Herald Tribune 2008
- KB Home faces fight over large housing project in Scotts Valley, Valley Business Journal 2006 So strong is Mayor Agular’s aversion to KB…” I am very distraught that they have come back to us. I have no intention at this point to rezone this property if this property is the one to get the entitlements, she say……when we get down to K & B, says Councilman Barrett. “Their reputation precedes them and we are not real happy with their reputation. They built homes in Scotts Valley before, and we had a ton of problems with them. I can’t say if they’ve changed their ways, but it definitely makes us wary.
- Wolf at the Door? KB Home coming to Montgomery County, The Montgomery Sentinel, 2006, The eyesores come courtesy of KB Home, rated the most-admired home builder in America in Fortune magazine’s March 6 edition…..if you let a builder with a known bad reputation build in your county. Will you need to pay for increased oversight to ensure codes are met and enforced? How will the costs be paid later in terms of homes of lower value than they should be, increased foreclosures, stigmatized properties, and potential bankruptcies?
- Business Week 2003 Shoddy Building in the Housing Boom?
- Texas Homeowners Clash with Builder over Tract Houses. WSJ 2003
- KB Home is developing enemies as it grows. Monterrey Now. 2003