Builder - February 2009 - (Page 69) NAHB BRIEFS Money Back I f you purchased OSB between 2002 and 2008, you may be eligible to recover funds as a result of the settlement of a class action lawsuit against OSB manufacturers. The lawsuit claimed that certain OSB manufacturers unlawfully raised prices on OSB sold to end-user indirect purchasers— those who purchased OSB for their “own use, and not for resale, from a store or reseller and not directly from the manufacturer.” To qualify as a member of the settlement class, you must meet certain requirements identified on the claim form; for more information, visit www.osbnotice.com. BEAT NEWS FROM HOUSING’S GROUND ZERO ■ NATIONAL EDI T ED BY CL A IR E KOLT KO Open Ears FROM THE CHAIRMAN N AHB senior officers emerged from a Dec. 17 meeting in Washington with FDIC chairman Sheila Bair and her staff encouraged that the FDIC is interested in working with home No Stone Unturned The NAHB is working tirelessly to bring housing’s issues to the forefront of the national discussion. A david clark builders to resolve key issues related to the ongoing credit crunch for AD&C financing. The FDIC said that it is in the process ▶ s the nation continues to navigate a very intensive, multifaceted campaign to promote some of the most tumultuous economic significant legislative and regulatory relief for houstimes in its history, it is impossible ing and our industry. The NAHB also is to say what the next turn of events leading the Fix Housing First Coalition, will bring. On the other hand, I one of the largest coalitions of housing can tell you that the NAHB is committed advocates ever assembled in the U.S., to to doing whatever it takes to stabilize and further emphasize the need for quick, stimulate the housing market and address meaningful action and to ensure that the the ongoing crisis in the financial markets many stakeholders in this complex effort that is constraining the flow of credit the speak with a unified voice. nation needs to prevent the recession from On behalf of its members and as the deepening. leader of the Fix Housing First Coalition, JOE ROBSON Since the November elections, our chairman of the board, the NAHB has asked for specific measures nahb energies have been focused on conducting washington, d.c. aimed at helping to put a (see page 70) W W W.BUILDERONLINE.COM f ebrua ry 2 0 0 9 BUILDER ■ 69 http://www.osbnotice.com http://WWW.BUILDERONLINE.COM
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