2 Oct 2019
Councils face debt to meet quake-prone building legislation
The bill to repair earthquake prone buildings has hit half a billion dollars for local councils across the country. RNZ asked councils how much they had spent, and how much they expected to spend on their own stock, since changes to the Building Act were made two years ago. And with a third of councils unsure of what their costs will be, that figure can only balloon. Emma Hatton reports.