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By Vincent J. Squillace, CAE
Executive Vice PresidentAs a follow up to our organizational meeting the members of the executive committee recently met to focus on essential matters discussed and to prepare for the future serving our industry. Most of us are still in the throes of reorganizing since covid. The stock market and rising interest rates also are making an impact. Despite all that, issues of concern from state government continue to be foremost to the leaders of OHBA.
We continue to urge the Ohio Supreme Court to take up the case where two appeals courts misapplied the Consumer Sales Act to all remodeling. Hopefully, we get to plead our case and have the errant ruling reversed. If not, we will be forced to request the legislature to take up the issue for correction, that is not an easy or expeditious path. Any issue before the legislature is open fully to public review and comment. When we settled the issue a number of years ago it was a lengthy process with numerous give and take. As the remedy’s now available under the court’s ruling are excessive, others view them as hitting the lottery.
While that is an important and pressing issue, there is more. Yes, housing is now a hot topic but methods to ease the shortage of it typically involve more public assisted financing with little attention directed to helping the private side make a positive impact. We do support, fully, both public supported housing initiatives as well as private side development. However, how the private side delivers housing is not well known to some in government. Local governments are concerned with not reaping a fair share of housing development revenue with no concern with affordability. This is a daily topic for us.
Our officers fully support continued involvement by OHBA with these issues into the future. We need continued growth in our membership and participation at our meetings where we explain these and other topics in great detail.
The next best opportunity for this is our summer meeting at Kent State University Hotel Conference Center, June 20-22, 2023. We hope to see you there!
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