Apartment owners discover serious building defects | 7.30

A problem we've seen in recent years across the country is apartment buildings affected by serious construction defects that then make the building unsafe. It's anyone's nightmare, having to pay a mortgage when you can't live in your own home, or sell it. Despite parliamentary inquiries and a new building commissioner, problems persist, as Hagar Cohen reports.

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