Climate Change Adaptation for Strata and Community Title Complexes

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1 Climate Change Adaptation for Strata and Community Title Complexes Project funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. For ease of exposition, the term 'strata title' is used throughout this questionnaire to refer to 'strata and community title. Please click on appropriate box or circle: Part 1 - General background information What is the nature of your engagement with the strata title sector? Strata Manager Unit Owner Resident Manager Insurance Services Developer Tennant Tradesperson Banking Services Other In which state do you own a strata title lot OR which is your main State/Territory of strata title operations? ACT NT NSW QLD SA TAS VIC WA Please indicate how many years you have owned a strata titled unit or how many years you have worked in the strata title sector. Please indicate how many lots there are in your strata titled complex, or the approximate average number of lots in the strata title complexes that you work with. What is your view about claims that climate change (regardless whether man-made or not) is occurring and will cause a greater incidence of building damage? Strongly believe in no increasing damage from climate change No strong view either way Strongly believe in increasing damage from climate change To what extent do you believe the increasing risk of damage to property as a result of climate change is being discussed at executive committee meetings or owners meetings? Not at all To some extent High extent

2 To what extent do you believe strata title complexes have a disaster management plan covering weather events such as flood water inundation, cyclone, storm, etc? Not at all To some extent High extent Part 2 - Preparing strata titled communities for increased likelihood of weather related building damage Appraisal of s For each of the s provided below, indicate the extent to which they represent a strong or weak, in terms of whether they would prompt better preparation of strata titled complexes for a world of increased building damage resulting from a greater number of extreme weather events. Recommendations directed to Government Government Recommendation 1: Establish, maintain and update a website and related social media outlet with information about climate change effects and impacts on strata titled buildings, owners, residents, managers and others. Government Recommendation 2: Lower the decision threshold for approving changes to strata titled complexes for weather event resilience adaptation works from 75% or 100% to a majority decision. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to government? Recommendations Directed to Banking Sector Banking Recommendation 1: Develop an appraisal procedure to rate a strata title complex s exposure and resilience to climate change weather events and adopt that rating as part of lending criteria utilised when extending a mortgage loan to a strata title unit purchaser.

3 Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to the banking sector? Recommendations Directed to Sinking Fund Forecasters Sinking Fund Recommendation 1: Include projected expenditure on building adaptation measures for climate change as part of forecast capital works by strata title complexes in sinking fund planning and forecasting. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to sinking fund forecasters? Recommendations Directed to Insurance sector Insurance Recommendation 1: Develop risk-profiling indicators for strata title complex s exposure and resilience to climate change weather events and adopt as part of building risk-profile indicators when determining insurance premiums. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to the insurance sector?

4 Recommendations Directed to Owners Executive Committees Owners Executive Committee Recommendation 1: Create climate change adaptation awareness champions within and outside strata title complexes. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to Owners Executive Committees? Recommendations Directed to Strata Managers Strata Managers Recommendation 1: Provide information and training modules for strata managers about climate change and its impacts on strata and community title complexes. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to Strata Managers? Strata Managers Recommendation 2: Strata managers should be encouraged to become champions of climate change awareness and adaptation for strata and community title complexes. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to Strata Managers?

5 Recommendations Directed to Resident Managers Resident Managers Recommendation 1: Provide information and training modules for resident managers about climate change and its impacts on strata and community title complexes. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to Resident Managers? Recommendations Directed to Developers Developers Recommendation 1: Developers should be provided with information and kits about climate change and its impacts on strata and community title complexes to provide to buyers of apartments in strata and community title complexes. Do you have any other strata title climate change adaptation s you would direct to Developers?

6 Part 3 - Disaster Management (DM) Plans Appraisal of s For each of the following s, indicate the extent to which, if they were acted upon, they would facilitate the management of a strata title complex if it were to suffer significant climate related damage. Recommendations Directed to Government Government focussed Disaster Management Recommendation: Establish a concept of emergency status for strata title complexes which would signify a change in governance requirements during an emergency to deal with the different circumstances confronted by a building, owners, executives and managers. Do you have any other strata title disaster management plan related s that you would direct to Government? Recommendations Directed to Owners Executive Committees Owners Executive Committee focussed Disaster Management Recommendation: There should be a legal requirement for all strata title complexes above a certain size to develop and communicate an emergency evacuation and management plan for implementing before, during and after significant climate change weather events and related building damage. Do you have any other strata title disaster management plan related s that you would direct to Owners Executive Committees? Recommendations Directed to Resident Managers Resident Manager focussed Disaster Management Recommendation: A contractual requirement of strata title buildings above a certain size should be to require resident managers to complete a disaster management response training course and to coordinate the activities of a building (evacuation, etc) in the event of a weather related disaster occurring.

7 Do you have any other strata title disaster management plan related s that you would direct to Resident Managers? Do you have any other disaster management plan related s that you would direct to any strata title stakeholder group? Part 4 Other Issues What do you regard as the main obstacle(s) for preparing strata titled complexes to better deal with the potential for climate change induced building damage risks? What do you see as the main issues and challenges with respect to the threat that climate change poses to strata title complexes?

8 Have you had first hand experience of an extreme weather event affecting a strata title complex that you live in or have undertaken work for. If so, could you please indicate how well the damage caused by the event was managed in the complex. If you would be willing to be interviewed in connection with this event, please also provide contact details. Do you have any other feedback that you would like to provide to the Strata Title climate change preparedness research team? Thank-you for completing this questionnaire