It's been described by the government as an absolute nightmare for some Cantabrians. And now it's hoping that will come to an end - courtesy of a $300 million fix-it fund.
The government has unveiled the fund that will be a handed out by EQC to help those who've ended up with onsold quake damaged houses.
Up to 1000 quake damaged houses are believed to have been onsold with unscoped damage or faulty repairs, exceeding $100,000 and they aren't covered by private insurance.
The government also revealed it's already spent $450 million patching up houses with defective repairs that EQC signed off on.
EQC chief executive Sid Miller talks to Lisa Owen.
