Flammable cladding removed from Canberra school
Grenfell Tower ablaze in London in June, 2017. COMBUSTABLE cladding has been removed from four more ACT government owned buildings, including a high school. Sixteen private buildings in Canberra are also being assessed for the removal of potentially deadly cladding as part of an ACT government scheme which helps […]Click here to view original web…
‘Cautious optimism’ over cladding
There is cautious optimism among those trapped in properties with Grenfell Tower-type cladding that their campaigning has pushed the government into action to resolve their concerns abourt the possibility of a fire starting overnight and heavy insurance costs. The Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington in 2017 killed 72 […] Click here to view original…
Inquiry Hears that the Government knew in 2002 that Grenfell cladding should never have been used in high rises.
The UK government had all the evidence it needed to know as far back as 2002 that the dangerous cladding used on Grenfell Tower should “never, ever” have been installed on tall buildings, an inquiry into the fatal blaze has heard. When the cladding – which consisted of a […] Click here to view original…
‘I dressed up as a poo to stop unfair cladding costs bankrupting my elderly neighbours’
A woman has dressed up as a poo in East London to protest cladding remediation costs that threaten to bankrupt her neighbours and thousands of other leaseholders across the UK. Carer Danielle Hambrook, 49, has worn costumes outside Barratt Homes’ offices in East London to highlight the crippling costs […] Click here to view original…
NRLA slams Ministers for ‘lazy’ belief that ‘tycoon’ landlords can afford cladding costs
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed the government for making “lazy and false assumptions” about individual landlords being property tycoons when addressing the cladding scandal. It follows comments made by Housing Secretary Michael Gove who told the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee that he did […] Click here to view original…
NRLA slams Govt for excluding landlords from cladding redress
Government plans to resolve the cladding scandal penalise smaller buy-to-let landlords, and are based on ‘lazy and false assumptions’ according to criticism from the National Residential Landlords Association. The rebuke comes after comments made by the housing secretary Michael Gove at the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee. […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove admits solving cladding crisis may impact affordable homes target
The housing secretary told MPs he can’t give a “cast-iron guarantee” that money meant for the £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme won’t be diverted to pay for cladding fixes. Gove was not able to promise that funds needed to fix the cladding crisis would not affect building much-needed home. Image: […] Click here to view original…
Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund Michael Gove has admitted that getting non-UK based housebuilders and products firms to pay up for the government’s £4bn cladding remediation fund will be “practically difficult”. The housing secretary said […] Click here to view original…
New laws announced to protect leaseholders in the debate over who is responsible for building safety costs
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, has announced that strict new measures will be enforced to ensure industry pay to remove cladding , protecting leaseholders from excessive costs. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove For those in the industry who choose not to cooperate, the […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell firm Kingspan celebrates record profits
The company is living in the shadow of the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, on to which its flammable insulation boards were fitted Kingspan, the Irish building materials group, has posted record profits and revealed €800 million of acquisitions, although it is yet to set aside any money to fix […] Click here to view original…
Consultation in Preston today: Demolition of three tower blocks in Avenham proposed by Onward Homes Housing Association
The three blocks on the Queen Street estate, near Newman College, are run by regional housing association Onward Homes and had external cladding removed following the Grenfell Tower disaster in London. The two options being considered for the buildings are demolition or refurbishment – with demolition the association’s preferred […] Click here to view original…
Government knew in 2002 that Grenfell cladding should never have been used on high rises, inquiry hears
Michael Gove admitted on Monday that government must share responsibility for of fire safety regulations (PA Archive) The UK government had all the evidence it needed to know as far back as 2002 that the dangerous cladding used on Grenfell Tower should “never, ever” have been installed on tall […] Click here to view original…