Posts Tagged ‘MHCLG’
Cladding Crisis: Jenrick admits he’s still not met homeowners
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick admits he has still not met with people trapped in homes with dangerous cladding – despite telling LBC he would do so by the end of October. Millions of desperate people are now trapped in homes with unsafe cladding which has rendered their properties entirely […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSeventeen high-rises left with no plan for dangerous cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions There are still 17 occupied high-rise residential buildings in England that have no plan in place to remove their flammable cladding more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The housing ministry’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreEngland still has 17 occupied high-rise buildings with no plan to remove ACM cladding
Cladding remediation works have also slowed in September despite lifting of lockdown restrictions There are still 17 occupied high-rise residential buildings in England that have no plan in place to remove their flammable cladding more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The housing ministry’s building safety update […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreDangerous cladding removed from less than half Southwark’s affected blocks
Less than half have had cladding removed L&Q’s Arch Street – residents had to move out in 2019 during remedial work after fire safety problems were identified. Residents in other blocks around the country have not even had work begin. More than three years after the Grenfell tower disaster […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding fears following Grenfell
A Leeds flat owner campaigning to remove Grenfell Tower-type cladding believes the government is “pretending to listen” to millions of people trapped in accommodation that is a fire risk. In 2017 account manager Abigail Tubis and her husband spent £164,000 on their two-bedroomed city centre property, believing it would […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCoordinated effort needed on cladding as borrowers face years in limbo – Ganatra
Homeowners living in flats are finding it near impossible to remortgage where they cannot provide evidence of an external wall survey which confirms the building is free of combustible materials. In the wake of the Grenfell disaster, surveyors acting for mortgage lenders are making extra checks to ensure a […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFeature: Flat owners caught in mortgage trap
The Grenfell fire tragedy of June 2017, in which 72 people died, has highlighted fire safety issues with thousands of blocks of flats, exposed decades of lax building controls, and shone a light on a construction sector that focused on building properties fast and cheap. The fire spread quickly […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment aware ‘punitive’ cladding fund would exclude certain leaseholders, policy document shows
The government was aware that its Building Safety Fund would exclude certain leaseholders in a way which would be perceived as “punitive”, documents released in a failed legal challenge to the fund reveal. Residents of the Skyline Central 1 building in Manchester launched a judicial review against ministers in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment must foot £15billion bill to fix unsafe cladding on 1.5million homes, says TV property expert Phil Spencer
TV property expert Phil Spencer says the Government needs to pay the bill to renovate up to 1.5million homes with unsafe cladding. He said the situation ‘cannot resolve itself’ and that houseowners – who bought their homes without knowing they were built using dangerous materials – cannot afford to […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding remediation: Progress on improving building safety needs to move faster
The government has been criticised for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding from residential buildings. The government says it “has been working tirelessly” with councils to remove unsafe cladding, but Ed Mead , co-founder and director at Viewber , has condemned the government’s action on removing […] Click here to view original…
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