❓ Mr. Love questions the Deputy Premier about the Nicheliving situation, where customers are waiting for homes to be completed. The Deputy Premier outlines measures taken and ongoing engagement with Nicheliving to address the delays.
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NICHELIVING
420. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Deputy Premier:
I
refer to a radio interview today on 6PR with distressed Nicheliving customer
Jackie Barnett, whose house has not even
reached lock-up, and the hundreds of Nicheliving customers like Jackie who are
trapped in limbo awaiting answers.
(1) What does the
Deputy Premier say to customers like Jackie who have been crying out for the
government to intervene for years?
(2) What
specifically will the Deputy Premier do to help them?
Visitors
The SPEAKER : Before I give
the Deputy Premier the call, I have some brief acknowledgements to make. I acknowledge
on behalf of the member for Kimberley the Shire of Broome and Shire of Derby–West Kimberley representatives here today, and on behalf of the
member for Bateman I would like to recognise the schools and parents and
citizens board representatives who are here from across the electorate of
Bateman. Welcome to Parliament today.
Questions without Notice Resumed
420. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Deputy Premier:
I
refer to a radio interview today on 6PR with distressed Nicheliving customer
Jackie Barnett, whose house has not even
reached lock-up, and the hundreds of Nicheliving customers like Jackie who are
trapped in limbo awaiting answers.
(1) What does the
Deputy Premier say to customers like Jackie who have been crying out for the
government to intervene for years?
(2) What
specifically will the Deputy Premier do to help them?
Visitors
The SPEAKER : Before I give
the Deputy Premier the call, I have some brief acknowledgements to make. I acknowledge
on behalf of the member for Kimberley the Shire of Broome and Shire of Derby–West Kimberley representatives here today, and on behalf of the
member for Bateman I would like to recognise the schools and parents and
citizens board representatives who are here from across the electorate of
Bateman. Welcome to Parliament today.
Questions without Notice Resumed
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(1)–(2) I thank the member for the question. We are taking
very, very seriously the issue of those people who have not had homes
completed in a reasonable time as a result of the performance of the builder.
That has happened as a result of the disruption in the construction market
because of COVID. We understand the anxiety
of and feel for those individual home owners who want to move into the home
that they signed up for and deserve.
As a result, we have introduced a number of measures. We changed the land tax
provisions to ensure that people did
not have to pay land tax on a property because it was not built through no
fault of their own, and we were the first state to introduce the builders'
loan facility. We are working through that to support those who had small
builders building homes but whose homes have not been completed within a reasonable time. Nicheliving is a big builder.
It is engaged with the Minister for Commerce and the relevant agency on its performance. The minister met with
Nicheliving on Monday to work through the issues that have been raised. We are very much aware of the
anxiety and the lack of fairness for those people who rightly signed up for a house and deserve a house. We
understand that. We are working within the parameters to see how we can help
support families get into their homes given that Nicheliving is a large
builder. As I said, that brings with it a set of unique circumstances
that is not covered by the builders' loan facility.
very, very seriously the issue of those people who have not had homes
completed in a reasonable time as a result of the performance of the builder.
That has happened as a result of the disruption in the construction market
because of COVID. We understand the anxiety
of and feel for those individual home owners who want to move into the home
that they signed up for and deserve.
As a result, we have introduced a number of measures. We changed the land tax
provisions to ensure that people did
not have to pay land tax on a property because it was not built through no
fault of their own, and we were the first state to introduce the builders'
loan facility. We are working through that to support those who had small
builders building homes but whose homes have not been completed within a reasonable time. Nicheliving is a big builder.
It is engaged with the Minister for Commerce and the relevant agency on its performance. The minister met with
Nicheliving on Monday to work through the issues that have been raised. We are very much aware of the
anxiety and the lack of fairness for those people who rightly signed up for a house and deserve a house. We
understand that. We are working within the parameters to see how we can help
support families get into their homes given that Nicheliving is a large
builder. As I said, that brings with it a set of unique circumstances
that is not covered by the builders' loan facility.
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