Construction-defects reform backers vow to continue fight

Shell-shocked construction-defects reform supporters said Thursday after negotiations over a proposed package of bills collapsed that they will continue to push for legal changes on the local level as a way to jump-start the state's largely non-existent affordable-condominium market.

Lengthy talks on a set of bills that would have made it harder for small groups of homeowners-association board members to file class-action defects lawsuits against builders broke off just six days before the scheduled…