Mar 12, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
The next wave of the EPA’s lead paint regulations take effect on April 22. These regulations will impose new training, certification, work practice and record keeping requirements on contractors performing renovations on structures built prior to 1978. Reports...
Mar 10, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
It looks like “Punt” is the name of the game with Virginia tax reform. In a January 5, 2010 blog post and a January 20, 2010 blog post, I discussed four tax reform proposals – all of which the General Assembly has managed to put off until a later date. Apparently, HB...
Mar 8, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Modular home construction presents significant potential improvements to home construction: significantly reduced construction time; less material waste; and reduced expense. If not handled appropriately in terms of contracts and risk, modular homes can translate to a...
Mar 5, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
Can you imagine going to your local zoning office, asking for a formal determination from the Zoning Administrator as to whether you are permitted to build a building on your property, receiving a formal written determination that you may do so legally, providing the...
Mar 4, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I am very pleased to report that I will be speaking on April 27, 2010 at the Green Legal Matters Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event includes a large number of talented folks, including good friends of ours from twitter and blogs such as Christopher Hill,...
Mar 3, 2010 | Real Estate, Land Use & Construction Law
I don’t know how many people out there tracked the events at the sustainability forum out in Portland a few weeks ago, but one of the notable take-aways from the event was that HUD Secretary Donovan used the event as an opportunity to announce that HUD was...
