Michael Gove has offered a belated apology for poor government guidance in force before Grenfell, as he seeks cash from developers to pay for the crisis. Elsewhere, the regulator reports on damp in English social housing. Peter Apps rounds up the headlines Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk

The building’s management company said hotel accommodation and meals had been organised for evacuated residents Some 100 residents of a nine-storey block of flats have been asked to leave their homes after a safety report found they were in immediate danger from fire. The building’s freeholder, Grey GR, said […] Click here to view original…

The Welsh government made a “serious mistake” not adopting UK laws protecting leaseholders, building safety campaigners have claimed. The UK government’s Building Safety Act means developers in England can be forced to pay for safety repairs, such as replacing cladding. But the Welsh Cladiators campaign group has told Senedd […] Click here to view original…

The Welsh Cladiators campaign group has told Senedd members they have made a “serious mistake” not adopting laws that apply in England The Welsh government made a “serious mistake” not adopting UK laws protecting leaseholders, building safety campaigners have claimed. The UK government’s Building Safety Act means developers in […] Click here to view original…

A competition watchdog has launched a probe into housebuilding due to “widespread concerns about housing availability and costs”, in a move that could have a significant impact on listed developers. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday the market study would look at sale of houses of […] Click here to view original…

Housebuilding giant Persimmon has revealed a 24 per cent drop in annual pre-tax profit, reflecting the impact of a £275m provision to address the post-Grenfell building-safety crisis. The FTSE 100-listed firm reported a pre-tax profit of £731m in the year to the end of December 2022, compared with £967m […] Click here to view original…

The race to remove combustible cladding has ramped up in Victoria but other significant defects have been found in about one-third of buildings assessed. Dangerous cladding had been removed from 272 buildings as of June 30 2022, more than two-and-a-half times the number completed the year before. The material […] Click here to view original…

Keep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here . Here’s the Mancunian Way for today: Hello, “Is it ‘eckers like!” I declared […] Click here to view original…

The Fire Safety (FS2) framework is now open for registrations of interest until summer 2023. It includes provision for new or replacement passive and active fire protection measures for existing and new domestic and non-domestic buildings, as well as consultancy and cladding. Dean Fazackerley, Head of Technical Procurement at […] Click here to view original…

The building’s management company said hotel accommodation and meals were organised for evacuated residents The government has asked lawyers to step in after people in a block of flats were told to leave without notice due to fire safety concerns. Cardinal Lofts at Ipswich’s waterfront was evacuated on Tuesday […] Click here to view original…

Malus Court is cold. Inside the Salford Precinct apartment block residents are wrapped, up and there’s an air of malaise. It’s around a year since the Manchester Evening News was last here . In early 2022, bills were very much on people’s mind. That wasn’t down to surging utilities […] Click here to view original…

Even without the heating on, Eddie’s paying £90 a week for energy Malus Court is cold. Inside the Salford Precinct apartment block residents are wrapped, up and there’s an air of malaise. It’s around a year since the Manchester Evening News was last here . In early 2022, bills […] Click here to view original…