The province's real estate regulator is raising the alarm over unregistered builders who it says may be putting Ottawa homebuyers at risk. Following an investigation into illegal building in Ottawa, Tarion, a non-profit organization that administers warranty coverage on new homes, announced Monday it's joining the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Home Builders' Association to clamp down on the problem. The regulator said since 2013, its compliance and investigations department has opened 72 investigations into 136 homes in the Ottawa area. In that same period it has laid 66 charges and secured 47 convictions in provincial offences court relating to illegal building. Joe Vaccaro, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders’ Association, wants the province to better protect homebuyers from illegal building.

Source: CBC News April 24, 2018 07:52 UTC