Exposing New Home Builders

'Shelter In Place’; Developers Boost Profits with Risky, Experimental Tactic of Building Homes in Remote, High Fire Severity Zones Without Being Required to Provide Roads for Evacuation

I thought I had heard everything when Developers began lobbying city councils to build new homes in active flood basins simply because the land was considered “unbuildable” therefore cheap for the developer to acquire. Never mind your family’s safety, “We’re looking at record profits here boys! Do what it takes to bring the city council in line.” And bring them in line they did.

Now, San Diego developers in, CA. are lobbying to implement a ‘Shelter in Place’ policy “to build homes in remote, fire-prone areas where they shouldn't because of inadequate roads.”

What is Shelter in Place?

“Shelter-in-Place (SIP) is a strategy for protection against chemical, biological or radioactive contaminants released into the air (such as a chemical tanker spill). SIP was not intended for protection against fire. SIP has never been tested under actual wildland-urban interface wildfire conditions. It is experimental and not an accepted standard of fire protection.”

In other words, if a wildfire is coming, Police, Firemen, and Emergency Personnel would encourage citizens to stay in their shoddily built homes thereby avoiding an evacuation sure to fail due to the city relieving the developers of any responsibility to provide adequate infrastructure, to include emergency evacuation routes, knowing full well that the city is unable to provide these emergency services.

“‘Any development that has to rely on it [Shelter in Place] shouldn't be approved, because it would be a catastrophe," said Madelyn Buchalter, a vocal opponent of the proposed 2,700-home Stonegate project north of San Marcos.’” She and her husband Ira have set up a website at www.llcfire.com to oppose the ‘Shelter in Place’ proposals.

And why?

“It is apparent that developers in San Diego County have taken over the policy-making role of government. In fact, one look at the ‘technical review panel’ for the new wildfire protection policy reveals developers' consultants, ex-fire personnel now on developers' payrolls and developers themselves. Respected scientific, medical and public health organizations are conspicuously absent. The American Lung Association's position paper condemning Shelter-in-Place was totally ignored.’

The bottom line is all about GREED on the part of new home builders and developers at the expense of your family’s safety; don’t think for a moment that it is otherwise!

You should take action now to hold the new home building industry accountable or prepare for the shock and awe that awaits legions of new homeowners all around the county as shoddy new home builders shady schemes come to fruition at homeowner and taxpayer expense.

'The Edge of Disaster'; Author: California's Levees Vulnerable to Breach

People need to wake-up and start demanding that this come to a stop!

Builders are knowingly placing families (husbands, wives, and their children) in danger to make millions upon millions of dollars.

Please click on the "Listen" button in the upper left hand side of this article. It is a must hear!

The headline and article is the second part of a three part series by Steve Inskeep of Nationl Public Radio (NPR.org) profiling a book entitled 'The Edge of Disaster'  by Stephen Flynn that points out how America is, "unprepared for dealing with a major calamity."

One of the three major "calamities"  pointed out by Steve Inskeep is the breach of numerous levees in America such as those pointed out  in California. I have posted articles on my New Home Builders NewsBlog in the past concerning such wanton building in floodplains by various builders; one of which is Shea Homes.

These builders and developers should not be allowed to knowingly  place people in situations as potentially serious as mortal danger in order  to achieve top profits on cheap land  that was pervioulsly  undesirable  specificly because  of its floodplain status.

People need to contact their local and national representatives and demand that the permitting of building in floodplains such as those depicted should cease.

This is just unscrupulous GREED!
Your families safety is not the builders concern; your families hard earned dollar is. 

This same willingness of new home builders to sacrifice your families safety for profit can also be observed in their eargernes to build your HOME on top of toxic sites; once again the land is  'cheap' and remediation standards for these toxic waste 'home sites' have been negotiated down to minimum levels in an attempt to maximize profits.