NBN Online for the week of June 27, 2005

Supreme Court Rulings a Blow to Property Owners

In a serious blow to property rights advocates, the Supreme Court last week failed to take the opportunity to clarify muddled and ambiguous property rights law and instead delivered two end-of-term decisions that are certain to add to the confusion.

On June 20, the Court announced a decision in San Remo v. City and County of San Francisco that effectively precludes a property owner from bringing a federal takings claim in federal court while failing to resolve the fundamental property rights issues involved in the case.

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NAHB Weighs in on ICC Building Code Proposals

Working with more than 30 of its builder members to identify significant issues for single-family and multifamily residential construction, NAHB has submitted over 60 public comments to the International Code Council (ICC) in response to model building code amendments proposed by the organization’s code development committee at first-round hearings in Cincinnati in March.

Among issues of critical importance to one- and two-family dwellings, NAHB has submitted comments in opposition to: