Mike Atwell just got off the phone with a lobbyist when I call. He’s optimistic. “It could be a huge boost to the legislation,” he said, but he can’t tell me anything else just yet. Atwell, who won ASHI’s 2023 Monahan Award, has been working since July 2022 to help pass legislation in Massachusetts to help protect home inspectors and homebuyers with the right to have a home inspection. Senate Bill S2474 known as An Act Protecting Consumer Rights in Purchasing Safe and Habitable Homes—would make home inspections a right in Massachusetts. Supporters of the legislation say prospective ...
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