Rottenomics

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For over 25 years our building industry, economy and Government have failed to provide this basic guarantee: new buildings will not rot. Leaky buildings are the result of an unfortunate confluence of industrial, legislative, historical and cultural factors. Collectively, these elements stubbornly continue to defy a full and final resolution. • Explores the origins of the crisis, the political and economic upheaval that began soon after the 1984 election of the fourth Labour Government, leading to the radical changes of ‘Rogernomics’, and the flow-on effect this had on building controls and standards. • Examines the use of untreated timber and associated building materials that have been emblematic of the leaky buildings disaster since the late ‘80s. • The sweeping legislative reforms of the ‘90s, that lead to changes to the Building Act and industrial standards and training, which set the stage for the ‘perfect storm’ of building failure that was to follow. Featuring personal stories of homeowners faced with insurmountable repair costs of hundreds of thousands to their ‘dream home’, often leading to sickness, depression and financial loss. And revealed for the first time, withheld Government reports that estimate the total cost of leaky dwellings at $47 Billion. Rottenomics is an engaging expose into a national crisis that refuses to go away.