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Reduce the regulatory burden on builders
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Victoria’s home building system is weighed down by overlapping regulations, excessive fees, and slow approvals. These add cost, time, and uncertainty to every new home. HIA is not opposed to regulation: well-targeted rules protect consumers and ensure quality. But poorly designed regulations penalise good builders while bad builders ignore them. A constant stream of additional regulatory changes are stifling confidence and productivity.
HIA calls on the incoming state government to:
Task Better Regulation Victoria to review burdens delaying new home construction and recommend reforms to reduce time from contract to completion.
Commit to a pause on major new regulatory changes for the life of the parliament (except where they reduce burden or address health/safety emergencies).
Provide additional funding to the Building and Plumbing Commission to target unlicensed builders.
Update Victoria’s building regulatory system to better support Modern Methods of Construction (prefabrication, modular, off-site manufacturing).