Government warns housebuilders not to miss cladding deadline
Housebuilders who do not sign up to a voluntary pledge to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings could be banned from new construction, the Government has warned. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove warned those who have not signed up to the multibillion-pound plan that time […]Click here to view original web…
Leaseholders spared cost of cladding removal in £2bn deal
Flammable cladding has been found on countless buildings since the Grenfell Tower disaster Leaseholders will not have to pay for the cost of stripping out dangerous cladding from their flats after a deal between the government and housebuilders to pay for the repairs. Britain’s largest property developers have agreed […] Click here to view original…
Builders not joining cladding pledge may be banned from new projects
Housebuilders that do not sign up to a voluntary pledge to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings could be banned from new construction, the Government has warned. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove warned those who have not signed up to the multibillion-pound plan that time […] Click here to view original…
Government warns housebuilders who do not sign up to multibillion-pound pledge to fix unsafe cladding in wake of Grenfell could be banned from new construction projects
Housebuilders that do not sign up to a voluntary pledge to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings could be banned from new construction, the Government has warned. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove warned those who have not signed up to the multibillion-pound plan that time […] Click here to view original…
Developers pledge to fix unsafe cladding
Developers have struck a deal with the government to help fix unsafe cladding on tall buildings they have worked on. Housing Secretary Michael Gove said it was a “significant” step to ensuring “those responsible pay to solve the crisis they have helped to cause”. An industry levy will collect […] Click here to view original…
UK’s housebuilders commit $6.5 billion to fix cladding
BENGALURU: The UK government said on Wednesday it had agreed to a 5 billion pound ($6.50 billion) deal with housebuilders to eradicate flammable cladding on buildings over 11 meters high. Removing the material became critical after the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy , when more than 70 people died in […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders spared cost of cladding removal in £2bn deal
Flammable cladding has been found on countless buildings since the Grenfell Tower disaster Leaseholders will not have to pay for the cost of stripping out dangerous cladding from their flats after a deal between the government and housebuilders to pay for the repairs. Britain’s largest property developers have agreed […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove sets out new £3bn tax to fund UK cladding repairs
Tax on building industry would apply over 10 years The cladding crisis exposed by the 2017 Grenfell tower fire in London. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PA Wire The UK government is set to raise £3 billion (€3.6 billion) from a new tax on the building industry over 10 years designed to […] Click here to view original…
UK cladding pledges raise £2bn from homebuilders
Cladding: The changes were sparked by the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017. Photo: PA Over 35 homebuilders have agreed to put £2bn towards fixing unsafe cladding and the industry will also pay an estimated £3bn over the next 10 years to fix safety issues. Developers will commit at least […] Click here to view original…
Plan for new fire safety support hub to help cladding scandal victims in Cardiff turned down
72 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in West London in 2017 A plan to set up a new fire safety support hub in Cardiff to help victims of the cladding scandal has been turned down. Thousands in the city are still living in apartments at serious risk […] Click here to view original…
NSW auditor general slams slow removal of dangerous cladding
In 2017, a massive inferno destroyed London’s Grenfell Tower. The blaze spread through combustible cladding, killing 72 people. Nearly five years after the Grenfell Towers catastrophe in the UK, hundreds of apartment buildings across Sydney still have potentially deadly combustible cladding exteriors, an alarming new NSW Audit Office report […] Click here to view original…
Homebuilders agree to put £2bn towards fixing unsafe cladding on high rises in England
More than 35 homebuilders have agreed to put £2bn towards fixing unsafe cladding on high-rise buildings in England identified in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster, Michael Gove , the housing secretary, has said. The move had been expected after Gove asked 53 homebuilders to contribute towards fixing […] Click here to view original…