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Abolition of Homes Tasmania
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"Homes Tasmania has been a complete failure and its abolition can't come soon enough," HIA Executive Director Tasmania Benjamin Price said today.
"Rather than speeding up the delivery of new homes, it actually made things worse, with higher costs, slower delivery and reduced participation by smaller builders."
Mr Price said the problems with Homes Tasmania included:
- Unclear governance and decision-making processes.
- Rigid, one-size-fits-all procurement and contract models.
- Onerous tender processes, lengthy approvals and delayed decision-making that limited innovation and industry participation.
Mr Price called on the Parliament to pass the legislation as soon as possible and to consider bringing forward the bill's commencement date.
"With even the Government now agreeing that Homes Tasmania has been a complete failure, it is bizarre that it will continue to operate until 30 June 2027, even after this legislation passes."
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Abolition of Homes Tasmania
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has welcomed the tabling today in Parliament of legislation to wind up Homes Tasmania as a statutory authority and transfer Government responsibility for building new homes back to the Department of Building Tasmania.
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