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Building Ill Will
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Published: March 2, 2000Williams acknowledges making mistakes during what has been a monumental learning process but insists the program's noble and aboveboard. "Are there growing pains? Yes," says Williams. "Should we have been conservative and said it would take one and a half years instead of six months? Yes. Then, if we finished early, everyone would have been happy."
He insists Howell's house has been built according to South Florida building code, displaying Broward County building inspection approvals. Just to be sure, he sent another engineer to check it Friday.
Williams insists he is perfectly within his rights to refuse to return deposits and sue anyone who backs out after signing a contract. "What do you think Arvida would do," he asks. "We have spent $40,000 on Marsline Howell's house."
The heart of the problem, he says, lies with Frank Vargas and his company, Capital Mortgage. He accuses Vargas, who also has a real-estate division, of trying to steal his clients, and says one of the changes his board has recently implemented is to only deal with mortgage companies who are in business to do only that.
Vargas says he only offered other properties to the homebuyers who said they were pulling out of the 100 Black Men project. "I felt bad for them, and I said I would not require another down payment," he says.
Williams again acknowledges he missed deadlines, but says, "This is a new program. There is a learning curve."
But Howell doesn't buy Williams' excuses. "If you're really trying to do something positive and it's not working out, you apologize and give us an opportunity to back out. He's still saying everything is perfect. It's a shame he would do this to his own people in his own neighborhood."
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