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Adina Thorn comments on the national leaky home crisis
A multimillion-dollar case against James Hardie brought by owners of leaky homes has finally made it to court, five years after the claim was filed.
But it raises the question: Is New Zealand’s leaky homes problem simply too big for us to fix?
At his most recent estimate of $50 billion, or one-sixth of the size of our entire economy, author Peter Dyer says it’s hugely expensive, but it will get even more expensive if we don’t fix it. And that’s just looking at houses, not commercial buildings.
In fact, people have been saying it’s too expensive and too big for years – but the problem is not going away.