The National Housing Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) was established in terms of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act (Act No. 95 of 1998 - as amended). The NHBRC was primarily established to protect the interests of housing consumers and to regulate the home building industry. The NHBRC has delivered valuable services to the South African home building industry since 01 December 1999, commencing with the statutory requirement for registration of all home builders, as well as compulsory enrolling all residential housing units to be constructed. This by implication ties registered home builders to a strict code of conduct firstly, and secondly compliance with prescribed technical structural requirements that have to be met to ensure structural integrity of the residential unit.