UK Gives Builders Six Weeks to Sign £2 Billion Cladding Pledge
(Bloomberg) — Britain’s homebuilders have six weeks to sign a UK government contract that will commit them to repair unsafe cladding on apartment blocks — or face banishment from the housing market. The pledge will commit firms to spend an estimated £2 billion ($2.5 billion) to fix tall buildings […]Click here to view original web…
What You Need To Know About Michael Gove’s Post-Grenfell Cladding Crackdown
The new contracts will force developers to pay for works (Alamy) Housing Secretary Michael Gove has announced tough new plans to hold developers responsible for funding repair works to buildings with fire safety issues, and warned those who fail to comply could be blacklisted from the market. Hundreds of […] Click here to view original…
Cladding culprits ‘get away with it’ as government recovers just 3% of loans
Unsafe cladding being removed from high-rise blocks in Bootle, Merseyside, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 Developers who covered tower blocks in unsafe cladding have paid back less than 3% of the cash lent out by the government to make buildings safe, sparking accusations they […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire In interviews over the weekend, Gove said ambiguity in Approved Document B – which sets out how to comply with Part B of the Building […] Click here to view original…
Housebuilders given six-week deadline to agree cladding UK package
(Alliance News) – Housebuilders and developers have six weeks to agree to a GBP2 billion remediation package for unsafe buildings or face “significant consequences”, the UK government said on Monday. Together with an earlier Building Safety Levy, it means developers will pay about GBP5 billion, as the UK government […] Click here to view original…
Gove sets developers six-week deadline for £2bn cladding fund
Building firms today received legally binding contracts worth £2bn that will commit them to pay to repair unsafe buildings, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The department, led by secretary of state Michael Gove, has set a six-week deadline for developers to sign the legal agreements […] Click here to view original…
Housebuilders given six weeks to agree £2bn cladding deal
Housebuilders and developers have been given six weeks to agree to a £2bn remediation package for “unsafe buildings” or face “significant consequences”, the UK government said on today. Together with an earlier Building Safety Levy, it means developers will pay about £5bn as the UK government moves to shore […] Click here to view original…
Builders issued six-week deadline for £2bn cladding fund: Gove
Building firms today received legally binding contracts worth £2bn that will commit them to pay to repair unsafe buildings, from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The department, led by secretary of state Michael Gove, has set a six-week deadline for developers to sign the legal agreements […] Click here to view original…
UK tells housing firms: Pay to fix unsafe buildings or face development ban
LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Housing companies will be blocked from new development work unless they agree to pay for cladding removal and other repairs on unsafe multi-storey buildings – a bill totalling 2 billion pounds ($2.5 billion) – the British government said on Monday. Ministers want developers to […] Click here to view original…
Housebuilders given six-week deadline to agree cladding UK package
(Alliance News) – Housebuilders and developers have six weeks to agree to a GBP2 billion remediation package for unsafe buildings or face “significant consequences”, the UK government said on Monday. Together with an earlier Building Safety Levy, it means developers will pay about GBP5 billion, as the UK government […] Click here to view original…
It’s taken five years, but Gove has told the truth on cladding
Since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, several hundred thousand people are still trapped in flats considered to be dangerous The levelling-up secretary makes a remarkable admission today. Michael Gove tells our reporters that “faulty and ambiguous” government guidance was partly responsible for the unsafe homes that mushroomed in […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell tragedy: Gove admits cladding guidance was ‘faulty and ambiguous’
Grenfell Tower Housing secretary Michael Gove has become the first minister to admit the government’s building regulations were faulty and unclear before the Grenfell Tower fire In interviews over the weekend, Gove said ambiguity in Approved Document B – which sets out how to comply with Part B of […] Click here to view original…