The Productivity Commission interim report into housing supply regulation recommends approval processes should be made more efficient and red tape eliminated for low-risk situations.

In Tasmania, plumbers could get housing projects moving faster if they were allowed to certify their own work for standard new homes instead of waiting on a council approval and associated lengthy delays.

Tasmanian Labor shares the HIA’s disappointment that the State Government is still wanting councils to approve standard plumbing work in new homes. They will be keeping red tape instead of getting rid of it.

After 13 years of Liberal waste Tasmania desperately needs more new homes.

The Government needs to commit to cutting red tape so plumbers can get cracking on standard work in new homes without lengthy council delays.