slow response to repair the couple's house. The slow response was blamed on an employee who was fired because of it. The suspension lasted a year, and it came after the board adopted stricter policies. Rhodes Homes was also fined $5,000. New complaints regarding home defects came in as the company worked to resolve existing complaints. At the end of 1999, more than 350 homeowners at Palm Gardens filed suit against Rhodes Homes, alleging numerous defects. The case was resolved four years later, with Rhodes Homes paying $3 million as part of a $12.5 million settlement. Subcontractors in the case also contributed to the settlement money. In 2000, after four years, Rhodes settled a case involving 188 defective homes in its Casa Linda subdivision, located in northwest Las Vegas. The houses had been built on expansive soil, which lifted some homes as high as five feet, causing cracks in drywall. The case was settled for $16.2 million, the highest residential construction defect settlement in state history. In 2001, Rhodes was sued by 19 homeowners at Elkhorn Springs over defective housing. Personal life and philanthropy Rhodes has two brothers, and has been married four times. In the 1980s, he married Deborah Parness. They were married for 12 years and had two sons. Rhodes married wife Glynda in Hawaii on April 8, 2004. The couple had children from previous marriages but none together. The couple soon became known for their fundraising efforts and extravagant spending, and became well known philanthropists in the Las Vegas area. In 2007, Rhodes donated $2 million to the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Free houses were also given away through Rhodes Homes, and the company was also a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Rhodes was also a longtime donor to the Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada. His nephew has down syndrome, which inspired him to become active in the organization. Jim and Glynda Rhodes filed for divorce in 2011, citing incompatibility. Glynda Rhodes alleged that her husband was responsible for the couple's debt. Their divorce proceedings were ongoing as of 2012. A year later, Rhodes married his fourth wife, a woman almost half his age. Rhodes has owned several mansions in the Las Vegas Valley. In 2016, he began construction on a mansion in his Spanish Hills community. Three years later, he listed it for sale, at a price of $30 million. It sold later