Brent Fletcher has been elected as the new President of Housing Industry Association in Queensland.

Warwick Temby, HIA Executive Director said “Brent brings an enormous depth and breadth of experience to the role of President.

“Brent has worked with HIA member Ausbuild since 1994 and is their Planning and Design Manager.

“In this role Brent has had daily exposure to all of the issues that confront HIA members in trying to run successful businesses in the increasingly complex residential building industry.

“Brent’s experience has also been brought to bear on the national stage where he has contributed to HIA’s planning and environment policy development for many years”. 

Brent said “I am absolutely committed to delivering a more efficient and affordable industry for HIA members and their clients.

“Through my involvement with the intricacies of land development and building I am acutely conscious of where complex and ineffective regulation is adding unnecessary cost to the industry’s capacity to deliver an affordable home for Queenslanders.

“One issue that I plan to actively pursue is the dire need for a State-wide housing code to remove layers of red tape and cost that comes from every local council having different rules around what can be built and where. HIA has estimated that the lack of this consistency is costing the Queensland economy around $200m a year, a cost that has to be passed on to home buyers.

“I’m really looking forward to the challenge of addressing this and other housing affordability issues that plague the industry”, Mr Fletcher concluded.

This media release was sourced directly from Housing Industry Association and was written by Warwick Temby.