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Ashley Church: Property commentator says ACT's housing policy sounds good in theory - but a step too far in reality
A view ACT's new housing policy sounds good in theory - but is a step too far in reality.
The party's unveiled its housing policy - which would see builders able to use insurance companies as an alternative authority for consenting - to speed up the process.
It aims to cut local councils out of the consenting process.
Property commentator Ashley Church told Kate Hawkesby he believes in getting rid of bureaucracy - but this policy is all over the place.
“I think there’s a risk with this that you’ll end up with shoddy housing – you'll end up with some equivalent of what happened with leaky…
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