The NSW Government is undertaking a review of strata laws and wants community feedback on how the laws can be changed to better support people living or working in strata schemes.
There are 4,388 strata housing schemes on the Central Coast and many thousands of people living in apartments and townhouses.
With the region expected to grow by 95,250 people by 2041, meaning that the number of strata schemes across the Coast will also grow very quickly.
Parliamentary Secretary for Central Coast, Adam Crouch, said the NSW Government was seeking input to ensure that the laws covering strata living were relevant and up-to-date.
“In particular, we know more needs to be done to ensure that apartment buildings are well maintained and free of building defects over their lifetime, so that owners aren’t out of pocket by tens of thousands of dollars,” he said.
This review of the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 and the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 will look at addressing that.
Minister for Better Regulation, Kevin Anderson, said feedback was also being sought on a new digital Strata Portal which would capture mandatory information for each strata building in NSW and make it available to the Regulator to ensure compliance with fire and other important safety requirements.
“Strata living holds the key to encouraging growing cities and urban development which is why this review is so important to ensure that we make strata living more appealing,” Anderson said.
Source:
Media release, Feb 11
Parliamentary Secretary Central Coast, Adam Crouch