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Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...
In an SEC filing Friday, Lennar (LEN) admitted that it has identified 400 Florida homes that have problems with defective Chinese drywall and has set aside $39.8 million to fix the problem. But ...
Chinese drywall and electrical wiring should be replaced -- that's the consensus opinion of both the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. With ...
Chinese made drywall pose serious health and structural threats according to tests by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...
The drywall may be in tens of thousands of U.S. dwellings; no one knows the extent of the problem, but more than 1,200 homeowners have complained of noxious odors seeping from walls, and corrosion ...
The Chinese government's response since then has been to pursue a zero-COVID strategy, aiming to eliminate the virus altogether. However, the increased transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant that emerged in late 2021 has posed challenges. [10] Since 2020, nearly 40% of international arrivals to China came through Shanghai. [11]
The new regulations affected Evergrande Group, China's second-largest property developer, and the Chinese real estate market as a whole. [5] In addition, the Chinese shadow banks, such as Sichuan Trust, have been greatly effected by the property sector crisis due to over lending and a crackdown on regulations. [6] [7]
A study of 51 homes released this week by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) found a strong association between homes with Chinese drywall and levels corrosive hydrogen sulfide, which ...