Leaky Homes

It is good to see that owners of some leaky homes have had the High Court upheld their right to sue the Government’s former building agency – the Building Industry Authority (BIA).

When I worked in Parliament, I was quite involved with the Leaky Homes issue, and everything I saw pointed to the BIA having a large degree of blame. They seemed more concerned with how to manage the PR around the leaky homes issue, than actually making sure we had standards which would produce hoems which do not leak.