Barbara Captijn
@ReformTarion
Advocate for consumer protection, especially new home buyers. Freelance writer, blogger, former Adv/PR exec; McGill + Queen's U grad.
Latest from Director of Ministry of PBSDP re illegal builder consumer protections attached.⤵️ They have WELL PAID people to give them this info & expect UNPAID members of the public to do this? Absurd!! She should state: We are organizing a stakeholder input group, paying an…
Doubt it!!! For consumer’s largest purchase, a new home @fordnation @stcrawford2’s housing regulator @hcraontario only “supports a consumer experience” & “promote educational resources”. Good luck with that!! #victim #sham #buyerbeware #Tarion @Tarion_ON is just as useless.
Hallelujah!!! However stricter enforcement / pro-active policing req’d … -builder had previous history of non-compliance w @hcraontario & @Tarion_ON -building permit WAS & SHOULD NOT be given w/out #HCRA licensing & #Tarion enrolment. See: obd.hcraontario.ca/static/media/A…
.@bildgta You want more new home buyers? Get rid of developer-written, complex, 40-pg contracts favouring developer's interests. Get rid of confusing "Addendum". Consumers want standard, simplified contract, balanced. @stcrawford2 @TorontoStar #onpoli thestar.com/business/marke…
Just heard Annual Public Meeting of builder regulator @hcraontario is Thurs. Sept 11. Only opportunity consumers have to ask questions of senior mgmt. Persistent concerns are inaccuracy of Builder Directory, new home contract cancellations, and whether builder Code of Ethics is…
You DO have to pay for the #Tarion fee: it's not "free" as this podcast by the CEO seems to say. It should be optional. Many new homebuyers see no value in Tarion. They often side with builders in warranty claims, and it takes months or years with them playing the go-between.
As mentioned in my previous post, here are #Tarion mandatory fees each new home buyer has to pay. This money is used (sometimes) to fix new homes with construction defects, and to fund the generous salary and benefit programme for Tarion execs and employees. Enabling Tarion to…
As mentioned in my previous post, here are #Tarion mandatory fees each new home buyer has to pay. This money is used (sometimes) to fix new homes with construction defects, and to fund the generous salary and benefit programme for Tarion execs and employees. Enabling Tarion to…
This was our builder ! We fought for 4 yrs to get back the 300k and now it appears another family has been taken for almost 200k ! 1/2 million in warranty claims ! Tarion / HCRA nothing has changed ! Zero accountability!
Premier .@fordnation and his @OntarioPCParty government including @stcrawford2 @RobFlackEML allow this to continue. Thinking of a newly built home in Ontario? #BuyerBeware @MaritStiles @BonnieCrombie @MikeSchreiner #EndTarionMonopolyNOW #onpoli
Tarion's official documents includes its value of "Trustworthy...We operate in an ethical, reliable and proficient manner, which builds trust in our guidance as experts in our field...". Now read what this homeowner said about his recent experience with Tarion. #onpoli
What are you doing about this builder permit omission @Tarion_ON other than “monitoring” illegal builders? #DougandFriends
CEO @Tarion_ON “will be monitoring” the situation??!! There’s a $90 MILLON cost shouldered by new homebuyers to payout lost deposits due to builder failures??!! And work with @hcraontario blah, blah, blah. #WhoBelievesThisCrap #BuildMoreFaster #NoEnforcement
Hmmm, doesn’t appear builders have to include their #HCRA licensing & #Tarion enrolment info on this new building permit form even though it’s illegal to sell &/or build w/out. Why not??!! #Victim @OntarioHBA @housingON @ONmunicipal @stcrawford2 @AMOPolicy @OBOA_Office…
Far too many excuses to allow builders to make defects non-chargeable! A process where @Tarion_ON has allowed the builder to avoid fixes or create quick band-aid solutions. If there’s no record or history on @hcraontario’s Ontario Builder Directory why would builders go to the…
Perhaps it’s better to have illegal builders rather than no builders @Tarion_ON @fordnation ? There’s lots of new home advertising, land registry records, municipal development bylaws / agreements to pro-actively police illegal builders?? #BuildMoreFaster #NoEnforcement #NoTrust…
Why is @Tarion_ON proposing ‘buyers’ police unlicensed builders?! Builders have to register Bylaws, Subdivision plans & Agreements w Land Registry, BEFORE selling homes. Info is avail for #Tarion to police THEMSELVES, ironically in their own Ministry. ⬇️ #onpoli @ToddJMcCarthy
Jenn Moore is far from being the only homeowner that @Tarion_ON has ignored & dismissed sadly. See @TorontoStar front page news & constant one star #Tarion Google reviews.⬇️ #uselessregulator #EndTarionMonopolyNow @OntarioAuditor @stcrawford2 @fordnation #onpoli
Illegal building & new home / condo standards are much worse since 2017, @REM_Online ⬇️ Partners doing nothing! Sales & consumer confidence has plummeted. ACTION required!! @OntarioHBA @housingON @ONmunicipal @stcrawford2 @Tarion_ON @hcraontario @fordnation @RakocevicT #onpoli…
Listen to homeowner Jenn Moore confront Tarion eg Tarion ignoring her emails, having to take 120 days off to "accommodate Tarion", "900 visits". ("Sophie" is at the table.) Tarion CEO P. Balasubramanian initially seemed to blame the "building industry". #EndTarionMonopolyNOW
Attended Tarion's annual meeting last night to ask questions to executives. As usual, a big disconnect between how great Tarion says they are, and how bad homebuyers say their services and policies are. This is my 15th year attending. Gets worse. Why is this gov't agency still…
For a Not for Profit Org of LESS then 350 Employees, it sure does seem like their Executives profit handsomely especially CEO who would be 46th HIGHEST PAID on 2024 Sunshine List! Would that not be a good place to start Oversight: Explaining exorbitant compensation? @OntarioNDP