Compliance Update
For a complete summary of recent enforcement actions, check Enforcement Actions on the HPO’s website.
As most Licensed Residential Builders know, the HPO Compliance Team spends a significant amount of time ensuring that owner builders comply with owner builder authorizations. What licensees may not be aware of is that the HPO’s compliance officers and investigators spend just as much time investigating unlicensed builders and developers who try to avoid compliance through other means.
One scenario the HPO comes across occasionally is a Licensed Residential Builder ‘lending’ or ‘selling’ their licence to an unlicensed builder. The licensee enrolls the new homes in home warranty insurance, but the unlicensed builder is actually responsible for the project. If the HPO discovers that this is happening, it can and does take action, requiring the unlicensed builder to take responsibility for the new home by becoming licensed and enrolling the home in home warranty insurance under their own licence. The unlicensed builder may also be subject to penalties for their non-compliant behaviour.
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