The objects of the Council shall be-
| a) | to represent the interests of housing consumers by providing warranty protection against defects in new homes; |
| b) | to regulate the home building industry; |
| c) | to provide protection to housing consumers in respect of the failure of home builders to comply with their obligations in terms of this Act; |
| d) | to establish and to promote ethical and technical standards in the home building industry; |
| e) | to improve structural quality in the interests of housing consumers and the home building industry; |
| f) | to promote housing consumer rights and to provide housing consumer information; |
| g) | to communicate with and to assist home builders to register in terms of this Act; |
| h) | to assist home builders, through training and inspection, to achieve and to maintain satisfactory technical standards of home building; |
| j) | in particular, to achieve the stated objects of this section in the subsidy housing sector. |
