Homeowners and subsequent purchasers of apartments would be owed a duty of care by builders and other participants in the property industry, under proposed reforms outlined by the state government on Wednesday.

And builders, designers, engineers and architects who work in the development industry would be required to be registered under a central scheme - meaning they might be deregistered or disciplined if found negligent, the reforms say.

Moving vans outside Mascot Towers this week. Credit:Janie Barrett

In the wake of the second high-profile cracking of a Sydney apartment block, the Berejiklian Government has released further details of its response to reports exposing the deficiencies in the state’s building regulation. One of those reports, by former public servant Peter Shergold and lawyer Bronwyn Weir, was completed almost 18 months ago.

The government released an initial response to that Shergold-Weir report in February, and on Wednesday outlined more information about the four main components of that response.