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NZ has a $2.5b building defect problem: Will self‑certification make it better or worse? (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 18 hours ago by ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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To add to the discussion of housing costs: building houses is so expensive, slow, and difficult that people are pushed into buying and keeping old and cold houses with maintenance issues. Not only that, they pay top dollar, and can’t afford to replace them with nice new houses.

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[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 3 points 8 hours ago

You make interesting points about self-inspection. I don’t trust it. The leaky homes situation from the ‘90s shows that people will cut corners when they think they can.