Developers must agree a £4 billion plan to fix dangerous cladding on low-rise flats by early March or risk new laws forcing them to act, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet minister threatened that he is “prepared to take all steps necessary” to fix the “broken system” […]Click here to view original web…

Seventy-two people were killed in the Grenfell Tower disaster Michael Gove is expected to declare today that there is no hiding place for property developers he blames for the cladding scandal in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. He will announce a series of reforms designed to end […] Click here to view original…

HOUSING campaigners have welcomed moves to make developers pay for the removal of dangerous cladding but warned the plan does not go far enough. Jenrick on cladding plans for highrise leaseholders in 2021 Under a scheme expected to be announced by Housing Secretary Michael Gove this week, leaseholders in […] Click here to view original…

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 16: Supporters of leasehold reform campaign groups hold placards as they protest outside the Houses of Parliament, in Parliament Square on September 16, 2021 in London, England. Leasehold residents are calling for changes to the law regarding payments for the removal of unsafe cladding from […] Click here to view original…

Mr Gove is also due to announce that leaseholders in buildings 11 to 18 metres tall will no longer have to contribute to replacing cladding “We are coming for you” – that’s the warning due to be issued to unsafe property developers by Michael Gove, as he attempts to […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove will tell developers they must cover £4 billion worth of new cladding costs or face being excluded from Government-backed property schemes. The threat will include blocking firms from the Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers, with ministers also understood to be looking at a new levy […] Click here to view original…

Housing Secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce plans today to force developers to pay for dangerous cladding to be removed. Mr Gove’s £4bn package will enable leaseholders to escape the costs involved in replacing combustible cladding. The cabinet minister will announce to Parliament residents of blocks between 11m […] Click here to view original…

On the 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington, west London, in the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the second world war – 72 people died and more than 70 were injured. ​​A government review into building […] Click here to view original…

It emerged after the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that three million people were living in unsafe or unsellable homes Michael Gove will announce action tomorrow on developers who have profited from building unsafe homes, warning: “We are coming for you.” The housing secretary has drafted in a team of […] Click here to view original…

On the 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington, west London, in the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the second world war – 72 people died and more than 70 were injured. ​​A government review into building […] Click here to view original…

Mr Gove is also due to announce that leaseholders in buildings 11 to 18 metres tall will no longer have to contribute to replacing cladding “We are coming for you” – that’s the warning due to be issued to unsafe property developers by Michael Gove, as he attempts to […] Click here to view original…

Thousands of flat owners will be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from buildings taller than 11 metres, Government plans suggest. In an apparent climbdown, Housing Secretary Michael Gove seems set on pressuring developers to cover the necessary expenses, estimated to cost up to £4billion. A Treasury letter […] Click here to view original…