Thabiso Kotane was in conversation with Human settlements committee chairperson, Rosina Semenya. The Housing Consumer Protection Bill is intended to protect homeowners against shoddy workmanship and puts in place more stringent requirements for builders. Parliament and human settlements committee says it hopes a new bill passed by the House on Thursday will prevent tragedies such as Monday’s building collapse in George, in which eight people have died and 44 are still unaccounted for.