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Blog categorized as 2019
2019.12
01 Dec 2019 01:31 AM - Comment(s)
19.11
01 Nov 2019 01:30 AM - Comment(s)
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19.10 Owners corporation bill
01 Oct 2019 01:29 AM - Comment(s)
The long-awaited Owners' Corporation (OC) Amendment Bill has been introduced into parliament.
The most significant change, and one we had been advocating for, is the creation of tiers of OC relating to the size of the development.
The OC Act 2006 failed to distinguish between small and large develop...
19.09 Small print shrinks state cladding fund
01 Sep 2019 01:28 AM - Comment(s)
Premier Daniel Andrews' cladding fund might be able to help a tiny percentage of apartment buildings with dangerous cladding.
The small print in the recent Victorian Building Authority (VBA) report explained that more than half the headline-grabbing $300 million fund would be earmarked to fix the cla...
2019.08
01 Aug 2019 01:27 AM - Comment(s)
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19.07 Apartment catastrophes ignored
01 Jul 2019 01:26 AM - Comment(s)
Every day we read of more apartment catastrophes created by builders with the tacit acquiescence of governments:
19.06 Bill defects need to be fixed
01 Jun 2019 01:24 AM - Comment(s)
As we sifted through the exposure draft of the Owners Corporations and Other Acts Amendments Bill released by Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) we found quite a few issues.
19.05 More support for OCs in the new Bill
01 May 2019 10:39 PM - Comment(s)
Apartment residents, the hotel industry and developers of high-rise apartment buildings are under threat unless the State Government acts.
19.04 Owners corporation law time's up
01 Apr 2019 01:20 AM - Comment(s)
The state government is under increasing pressure to amend the outdated Owners Corporation Act 2006. Its long-awaited review of the Act is now more than a year overdue, based on its own promises.
19.03 Cladding, short-stays and rooming
01 Mar 2019 01:06 AM - Comment(s)
As evacuees trudged out of the CBD high-rise building that caught fire in February, the media stepped in to interview the victims of this alarming incident that has been blamed on combustible cladding.
19.02 Cladding confusion continues
01 Feb 2019 01:05 AM - Comment(s)
We Live Here has been inundated with complaints that it has been almost impossible to get accurate, consistent information about cladding and how to address the issue.