10/10/2024
THE PEOPLE’S DOCUMENT
THE DEFINITION OF A TRUE DCB 100%
2. Process – End to end scheme by the State with self-build opt out available
a) State body (Housing Agency/Pyrite Remediation Board) to take on the homeowner project
start to finish including all planning, construction, and certification.
b) The contract remains between the State and the Homeowner, not the contractor.
(unless in self-build options)
c) Homeowner wishes (reasonable flexibility) to be incorporated into house plans by
agreement in advance .
d) Possible to upsize/up-spec home at a price agreed in advance.
e) Self-build option available to homeowner at equivalent budget to State’s allowance for that home
(valued via raw SCSI as per insurance process, with suitable allowances for professional fees,
demolition & disposal, utilities and PC allowances as above).
f) For self-build option, upfront costs to be provided to kick-start the project with timely stage payments
right to final completion. Documentation process to be streamlined for maximum efficiency.
g) Emergency repair works to be funded while homeowners wait their turn in the queue.
Also, essential to provide a highly efficient ‘rapid response system’ to process and execute on any
Emergency Repair Works.
h) An insurance solution to be facilitated by Government for DCB properties whilst awaiting
DCB scheme solution.
i) Estates and Developments to be taken as a ‘job lot’ where possible to ensure a particular multi-unit site
is not akin to a ‘building site’ for many years to come (while respecting an individual’s right to opt out).
State to plan and facilitate the many multi-unit development challenges.
j) DCB Scheme eligibility to be based on the Science (lab test results) and not a visual damage threshold.
k) Families inheriting a DCB property or gifted a DCB property are equally eligible regards DCB scheme.
l) Full plan devised that oversees the transition from existing to this new proposed scheme,
that doesn’t further hold up the limited progress to date, while still ensuring the benefits from the
new scheme are not lost.
m) A non-state body with experience in the operational logistics of such a scheme, to assist in the on-
ground planning and roll out to prevent all the on-going delays and frustrations of the past and to date
