Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act (ONHWPA) and the Tarion Warranty Corporation

The Honourable Douglas Cunningham has released his Interim Progress Report on the review of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act (ONHWPA) and the Tarion Warranty Corporation (Tarion).

The report summarizes what he has heard and learned to date and outlines some preliminary thoughts on how to improve consumer protection, accountability, transparency, and board governance to help protect consumers buying new homes in Ontario.

Members of the OntarioACHI board assisted in the review, and the Progress report can be seen here

This will be of particular interest to inspectors in Ontario who perform PDI and TARION warranty inspections.