Latent Defects Redress Bill 2020

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Would create a Latent Defects Redress Board to help homeowners deal with serious hidden problems discovered after buying a home, such as fire safety faults, water ingress and related structural issues. The board would offer information and advice, help with mediation, and decide disputes where needed, while also carrying out risk assessments and reviewing whether current penalties for builders and developers are strong enough. Its purpose is to give innocent owners a way to seek practical redress when homes were not built to required standards.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to establish a Latent Defects Redress Board, the functions of which shall be, inter alia, to provide resolution to ordinary owners who purchased homes in good faith, in order that such owners have an opportunity to seek mediation or adjudication in relation to non-compliance with building regulations.

Last updated 14 November 2024