PHOTO: TOM LEE/STUFF Residents of the failed Bella Vista Homes have been told they cannot return.
A widespread reliance on written building contractor reports, rather than verifying the building process itself, was key to the failure of the Bella Vista subdivision.
Such a reliance was highlighted as a major factor in the leaky homes scandal.
The failures that led to the March 9 evacuation of 21 Bella Vista Homes had its beginnings in Tauranga City Council’s granting of resource consent.
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