Posts Tagged ‘leaseholder’
Leaseholders could be trapped in homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with scale of EWS crisis
Leaseholders could be left unable to sell or remortgage their homes for years as housing associations struggle to cope with the scale of the external wall system crisis currently afflicting the housing market Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreLeaseholders billed up to £115,000 each to remove Grenfell-style cladding
Leaseholders in a “tinderbox” apartment block in Manchester have been billed up to £115,000 each to remove unsafe cladding in what is believed to be the biggest charge facing residents since the Grenfell disaster. Owners of flats in Connect House, in the city’s trendy Ancoats district, said they face […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreUK could be breaking international law over cladding, says UN
The UN has warned Britain that its failure to strip combustible cladding from high-rise buildings containing tens of thousands homes may be a breach of international law. In a fresh headache for the housing secretary, Robert Jenrick, the global body is demanding answers about the UK government’s delayed programme […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreOne in five leaseholders trapped by dangerous cladding have thought of suicide or self-harm, survey reveals
More than 20% of leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal have had suicidal thoughts or felt compelled to self-harm, an exclusive survey for Inside Housing has revealed. At a protest in February, people called for action for the national cladding scandal to be ended (picture: Peter Apps) Sharelines The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreKirkby high-rise leaseholders claim management company ‘ripping them off’ over £302,000 fire safety works
Willow Rise and Beech Rise in Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, where leaseholders say their management company is “ripping them off” Residents of two Kirkby tower blocks have accused the buildings’ management company of ripping them off after they were charged £300,000 for fire safety works. Leaseholders at Willow Rise and […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreAn open letter to Robert Jenrick: the costs of delayed leasehold reform
LKP chair of trustees Martin Boyd writes to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick to raise concerns over leasehold reform Dear Robert, Just over ten years ago, an old leaseholder died of shame because she could not pay the huge major works bill from her social sector landlord. That single death […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreApplications for government’s £1bn fund to remove unsafe cladding open next week
Applications for the government’s £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings will open on Monday. More than half a million people in England and Wales could be living in homes with unsafe cladding, analysis by industry body the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) said in February. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from government cladding fund
Leaseholders at a Manchester block who accepted huge loans to fund the removal of their dangerous cladding have said they are “heartbroken” over their exclusion from a government fund. The Skyline Central building in Manchester (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines Residents of Skyline Central 1, which has combustible high-pressure […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment pays £1 billion to release apartment leaseholders from cladding nightmare
The estimated 600,000 apartment owners who have been unable to sell their homes because they live in tower blocks over 18 metres tall fitted with unsafe cladding are to be helped with a further £1 billion in funding. A Building Safety Fund has been launched by the Ministry of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew £1 billion building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high rise buildings
Building owners urged to register for the government’s £1 billion fund to remove and replace unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Fund takes total government funding for cladding remediation to £1.6 billion Sprinkler systems to be provided in all new blocks of high-rise residential buildings over 11 […] Click here to view original…
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