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The government has tabled a solution to the leaky home problem that is worth millions of dollars and affects thousands of homes.
The leaky home problem arose in the 1990s when the previous National government made changes to the Building Act and the apprentice scheme, leading to shoddy materials and designs in construction.
See below for Tauranga MP Simon Bridges' analysis of what the government's leaky home relief package will mean for the city's residents.
A wave of litigation has occurred in the wake of this and national and local government are seeking a solution to this expensive issue.
It is an issue that severely affects Tauranga as there was much population growth and homebuilding through the affected period.
Prime Minister John Key announced his solution on Monday. It involves the government and city councils taking a 25 per cent share of the repair expense, leaving 50 per cent for the homeowner to cover. The councils would only be liable where they were the grantor of a relevant building permit.
Tauranga MP Simon Bridges supports this resolution and hopes it will be accepted by the public.
3 comments
Greed, deceit and admin filth
Posted on 18-05-2010 13:41 | By SpeakUp
Again, prudence, common sense and appropriate ways are punished and greed, unscrupulousness and corruptness are fostered. Taxpayers who did not go for the cheapest building offer, who made proper choices and who had the good judgment to employ quality workmanship have to bail out gullibility, substandard work and incompetent bureaucracy, while the government makes profit from all the GST on repairs. It disgusts me how this country caters increasingly for the lowest mental and professional denominator. Shoddy builders, unscrupulous developers, crooked inspectors and incompetent officials ought to be held FULLY responsible for this disgraceful scam and not hard-working prudent citizens.
Arising in the 1990s and worth millions of dollars
Posted on 18-05-2010 15:55 | By Patt
Sometimes it takes a couple of decades until the harvest is reaped- or should I say raped. This is a scam so blatant that it is inconceivable that anybody could back it. It s a scam on a scam! It is not government and councils who pay for the misdeeds of inspectors and builders. It is us, the sheeple of Aotearoa.
Council Blunder once again
Posted on 18-05-2010 19:23 | By The author of this comment has been removed.
Once again council getting involved in things it has no right to be involved in turns to custard, and everybody wails and gnashes their teeth wondering why? It is not the builders problem - they were building to the specifications layed down by the council building code. The council should have been employing people to ensure these specifications were met. If the building inspectors passed the work (they were paid to inspect it right?) then they are to blame. The building inspectors were employed by the council, and who were paid exhorbitant amounts of money by the home owners and developers to do a job. This was not carried out to a satisfactory standard. The council should be SUED and made to pay 100%. The unfortunate thing is that council does not have any money unless it steals it from existing home owners (they call it RATES) When the industry was privatised, these inspectors (who were not doing the job to a satisfactory standard) should have been insured to cover such things. If they were not insured, how were they entrusted with undertaking such work? - Who said they had the power to do it? (probably council again passing the buck!) I am going to take up a job as a brain surgeon (I have a scalpel!) Anybody needing brainsurgery MUST come to me for their operation. All care - no responsibility It stinks and it makes me sick
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