PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW ON THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES:
1. The Board of Technical Registration (BTR) is too expensive, inefficient and/or corrupt.
Incompetence and/or corruption is expensive for everybody. Rest assured, the high fees and other costs paid by Home Inspectors are passed on to the consumer. In other words, the BTR's incompetence and/or corruption is hurting the very consumers that it's supposed to protect. And now, Arizona lawmakers have proposed a bill that will completely eliminate the BTR (SB1171).
If this bill passes, the BTR's authority would be transferred to the AZ Registrar of Contractors (ROC), which currently regulates contractors such as plumbers, electricians, roofers and homebuilders. That means those professionals who are currently licensed by the BTR, such as Home Inspectors, Architects, Engineers, Geologists and Land Surveyors would be licensed by the same agency as contractors. Maybe new leadership can save the BTR.
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2. Home Inspectors are being treated unfairly by the BTR.
Home Inspectors are people too! So why is the BTR treating them like red-headed stepchildren?
a. Unlike others regulated by the BTR, Home Inspectors do NOT have representation on the Board.
b. Home Inspectors represent only about 5% of the BTR's total registrants, yet they are the subject of nearly 50% of all disciplinary actions.
c. Home Inspectors pay 7 times more in annual fees than engineers, architects and others licensed by the BTR.
d. It costs more to have a Home Inspector license in Arizona than any other state.
e. The complaint resolution process being used against some Home Inspectors is unconstitutional.
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3. A certain industry organization is "running the BTR".
Yes, there seems to be a 'good ole boy network' running the BTR...and rumor has it that ASHI® is a big part of the problem. But ASHI® and AZ-ASHI® members are NOT the problem. It's just a few people, who happen to be in ASHI® leadership positions, who are also on certain committees at the BTR. And yes, those people should absolutely know better. What's worse, the BTR is allowing this conflict of interest to exist. As usual, the BTR's Executive Director and Board members seem incapable of recognizing an obvious conflict of interest. And these are the people responsible for enforcing the ethical standards in our industry?
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PLEASE COME BACK SOON TO TAKE ACTION ON FUTURE ISSUES LIKE THESE:
Why do Home Inspectors need a CBS code for lockboxes?
...more information coming soon!
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...contact us if you have other home inspector issues that need attention!
Thank you for your support!
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