Major housing developers have now agreed to carry out fire safety works on medium and high rise buildings across Wales. A plan to improve fire safety issues in medium and high rise buildings across Wales has been announced by the Welsh Government. It means all major building developers will […]Click here to view original web…

This is Home Front with Vicky Spratt, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. Good afternoon and welcome back to Home Front which took a little break while I also took a break. […] Click here to view original…

Opinion Newsletter (£) Despite the fact that rents are rising rapidly across the country, Hunt offered no additional support to help anyone struggling with housing costs. Hunt barely mentioned housing when he stood up before the House of Commons to reveal his plan for Britain’s economy. (Photo: Chris J. […] Click here to view original…

The communal heating system at New River House is not covered by Ofgem’s price cap on domestic energy, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter New River House in Southbury Road, Enfield Town Residents in Enfield Town already hit by cladding safety issues have now been stung by huge hikes […] Click here to view original…

Almost six years after the deadly Grenfell tower fire in London—and nine years since the Lacrosse building fire in Melbourne—hundreds of residential buildings in NSW remain at risk from potentially combustible cladding. Project Remediate, a state government scheme to replace the unsafe materials, has been under way since March […] Click here to view original…

Nova House A CASH-STRAPPED council is bracing itself to potentially stump up another £5m to complete cladding works at a ‘hazardous’ apartment block as costs spiral to nearly £30m. Slough Borough Council bought the owner of renovated office block Nova House in Slough, Ground Rent Estates 5 Limited, in […] Click here to view original…

Lancefield Quay, Glasgow, which has hazardous, flammable cladding on the exterior. Campaigners have questioned slow progress in Scotland to make developers responsible for fire safety repairs after the UK Government said last week building firms had yet to sign up for a similar scheme in England. On Tuesday, Housing […] Click here to view original…

Lancefield Quay, Glasgow, which has hazardous, flammable cladding on the exterior. Campaigners have questioned slow progress in Scotland to make developers responsible for fire safety repairs after the UK Government said last week building firms had yet to sign up for a similar scheme in England. On Tuesday, Housing […] Click here to view original…

The meeting on Saturday, March 25 will be addressed by Hilary Benn MP and Leeds Council leader James Lewis , who will give leaseholders the chance to report the status of work in their blocks, understand the current cladding funding arrangements, and create a dialogue with political representatives. Organised […] Click here to view original…

The meeting on Saturday, March 25 will be addressed by Hilary Benn MP and Leeds Council leader James Lewis , who will give leaseholders the chance to report the status of work in their blocks, understand the current cladding funding arrangements, and create a dialogue with political representatives. Organised […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove threatened 11 developers with a ban if they did not sign a pledge on cladding. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) Property developer Telford Homes has capitulated to threats from Michael Gove and signed a pledge to fix faulty cladding similar to that which led to the fire […] Click here to view original…

Chris Worrall The government is merely taking money from private capital pots for new construction and forcing the reallocation to remediation without appreciating what impact that will have on new supply. Christopher Worrall is a housing columnist for LFF. He is on the Executive Committee of the Labour Housing […] Click here to view original…