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The issue of building resilience and the role of property protection in building codes and standards continues to emerge as a key issue for all levels of government.
Ongoing natural disaster incidents arising from extreme weather conditions are leading governments to question whether homes are located in ‘safe’ places and if not, what actions should be taken.
This issue is starting to receive more and more attention and discussion on potentially strengthening of building codes and standards to address resilience and/or on whether housing should be excluded from certain areas or blocks of land that have the potential to be subject to natural disasters/extreme weather.
The costs of remedial actions to repair homes, mitigation actions to prevent future damage and consideration of new planning and building standards to limit future risks and costs are now top of mind.
The most common events include, bushfires, high rainfall, coastal and inland flooding, heatwaves, sea level rise, cyclones and other high wind events and hail storms.
Many of these major events are followed by inquiries or post incident analysis which leads to recommendations for reforms.
While new land and housing can be seemingly well managed to address these events, the majority of Australia’s existing housing stock already exists. These homes are built to past building code standards and located in areas that may today be considered not appropriate.
Moving forward, these issues need to be considered in light of both new homes and existing housing stock. This points to the need for mitigation and recovery to be the more prominent topics for government attention, rather than new planning and building standards.
Policy endorsed by HIA National Policy Congress: May 2023
HIA provided a submission to the National Urban Policy – Consultation draft and note that the development of the Policy aims to outline the Government’s goals and objectives to enable urban areas to be liveable, equitable, productive, sustainable and resilient.
HIA provided a submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Impacts of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability.
HIA provided feedback in relation to the proposed Development Scheme for the Woolloongabba Priority Development Area.
HIA provided a submission on the Review into the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020.
HIA responded to an ABCB submission on the Impact Analysis of Stage 3 Proposals for Condensation Management NCC 2025.
HIA responded to an ABCB submission on the Impact Analysis of Proposals for Waterproofing in NCC 2025.