Monday, July 31, 2006

Unfinished houses put people in limbo

Carl Holcombe
The Arizona Republic
Jul. 31, 2006 12:00 AM

State and local officials are investigating a months-long work stoppage that has left about 200 unfinished houses in Casa Grande and Maricopa withering in Arizona's summer as home buyers wonder whether they'll ever be able to move in.

Buyers like Laquita Jackson and Cedric Moore, who signed a Turner-Dunn Construction Inc. sales contract more than a year ago, have been stranded in rentals instead of living in their dream home. They fear thousands of dollars in earnest money has evaporated. They haven't been able to contact anyone from Turner-Dunn in weeks.

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