UK residents suffer from cladding bills
More than four years after a fired raged through the 24-floor Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, causing 72 deaths, the government has told builders and developers they must fund and replace non-compliant cladding on buildings that are 11 to 18 meters tall—at an estimated cost of $5.5 billion. […]Click here to view original web…
Gove told neglected landlords need his support in cladding-hit blocks
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has urged Michael Gove not to ignore landlords affected by the cladding scandal. Last week, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities revealed that landlords would not be included in the cladding remediation fund initiative ; instead, funding will be […] Click here to view original…
Innocent parties should not be paying for the cladding scandal
Rico Wojtulewicz is head of housing and planning policy for the National Federation of Builders It is important to begin with the reality of a situation that has left leaseholders miserable and out of pocket for too long; innocent parties should not pay for the cost of cladding remediation […] Click here to view original…
Government will take almost 400 years to complete cladding remediations at current pace of fund
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 11: A general view of the City Gate residential complex, which has aluminium composite material cladding on February 11, 2021 in Manchester, England. The UK government have pledged £3.5bn to remove flammable materials from buildings over 18m high “at no cost to residents” three years […] Click here to view original…
‘It’s not fair’: People living in ‘freezing’ Salford flats will have to wait another two years for cladding to be replaced
Eithne Crowson, 69, lives with her husband in Holm Court, Pendleton People living in freezing flats in Salford will have to wait another two years for cladding to be replaced. Residents of nine flats in Pendleton, who have complained ‘freezing’ conditions and increased heating costs , had their cladding […] Click here to view original…
The Grenfell community needs to see more genuine change. They have waited too long
The slow progress of change after Grenfell has been incredibly painful for the community. It is time for more radical measures to deliver the change we desperately need, writes Graham Tomlin Picture: Sonny Dhamu Sharelines A few hundred people gather in the cold outside Kensington Town Hall. They start […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Norwegian wealth fund urged to pressure firms and builders
Cladding being removed from a tower block in Manchester Campaigners have urged Norway’s giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis called on Norges Bank to pull £5.7bn of funds from companies if […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: what new proposals for mean for housebuilders and leaseholders
Leaseholders have been saddled with huge bills Owners of leasehold properties who have seen the cost of fireproofing their flats rise sharply in recent years have been given a ray of hope. Michael Gove, the UK housing minister, told the housebuilding industry that no leaseholder living in a property […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Norwegian wealth fund urged to pressure firms and builders
Image caption, Cladding being removed from a tower block in Manchester Campaigners have urged Norway’s giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis called on Norges Bank to pull £5.7bn of funds from […] Click here to view original…
Norway’s wealth fund urged to pull £5.7bn from cladding firms
Norges Bank Investment Management’s Nicolai Tangen was based in the capital at the time of the Grenfell fire The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund should sell its £5.7 billion investments in companies that profited from dangerous homes in Britain if they do not compensate victims, according to Grenfell survivors […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Norwegian wealth fund urged to pressure firms and builders
Image caption, Cladding being removed from a tower block in Manchester Campaigners have urged Norway’s giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis called on Norges Bank to pull £5.7bn of funds from […] Click here to view original…
Norway wealth fund urged to pressure cladding firms
Campaigners have urged Norway’s giant state investment fund to pressure cladding firms and builders to fix fire safety issues. Grenfell survivors and leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis called on Norges Bank to pull £5.7bn of funds from companies if they fail to do so. Lucy Brown-Cortes of the […] Click here to view original…