The Sydney Morning Herald today continues its series on outdated Strata Laws which allow apartment dwellers to be exploited. For links to previous stories, see ’strata scams’ post below. For The Greens’ comprehensive answer to the problems, plus a handy Q&A for apartment dwellers, click the Strata Living box in the right hand sidebar.
Three stories in today’s Sydney Morning Herald underline a growing crisis for many apartment dwellers. The stories point out that the major political parties, addicted to developer cash, have skewed laws against apartment owners and renters to the point where many basic rights have been lost.
That’s why Chris Harris (quoted in one of the articles) and The Greens have put forward a well researched raft of strata law reforms, as explained elsewhere on this site (just click the Strata Living button in the right sidebar). It’s also a glaring reason to ban developer donations to political parties.
Here are links to the SMH stories:
Welcome to strata life, your paradise lost
Residents losing their say about managing
Manager kneecapped after complaining about apartment defects
A green watchdog drawn by Reg Mombassa, the original Mambo designer, was revealed as the theme and mascot of The Greens’ campaign for Sydney at an official launch outside Parliament House last week.
Candidate Chris Harris wove the watchdog theme into his launch speech. The green watchdog symbolises The Greens’ role in watching for, and alerting us to, the hidden deals with big business that have influenced so many decisions of Labor and Liberal.
The Greens stay apart from this secret influence-peddling because they do not accept donations from the big end of town.
Chris also revealed a major new policy platform for this election — better rights for apartment dwellers, who all-too-often wear the sharp end when developers and building managers take short-cuts with building design, repair, management and tenancy policies.
Greens MP Sylvia Hale, working with Chris, will introduce a new strata law reform Bill into the upper house which will give apartment dwellers a much better deal.
And, with the help of a well-known strata expert who uses the pen-name ‘Galsworthy’, this website already has a whole new section explaining what’s wrong with current strata practices and offering an extensive FAQ section for owners and tenants. (See link button in the right column).
The strata pages cover everything from problems with pets to the ins and outs of body corporate politics. They offer a unique resource for apartment dwellers.
Read on for the full text of Chris’ campaign speech and make sure next March you PUT A GREEN WATCHDOG IN THE NSW PARLIAMENT.
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