• solstice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What council? Wouldn’t their insurance be on the hook then? Eventually somewhere an insurer has written a policy for that $10m cliff side house. Per my previous point, hopefully their actuaries accurately priced the risk.

    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Sorry. I lapsed into some specifics of my locale. Didn’t realise I was in world news.

      We have city councils. They are responsible for approving building plan/permits. They tend to be either unless pedantic or grossly negligent.

      There’s been a trend here to blame that council for when a property becomes uninhabitable. E.g. by a cliff face eroding over time, accelerated by actions of the property owner.