UK to seek extra 4 billion pounds from builders over flammable cladding – BBC
Grenfell tower is seen shrouded by scaffolding and covers two years after the tower fire in London, Britain, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s government will seek an extra 4 billion pounds ($5.4 billion) from property developers to fund repairs to dangerous apartment blocks, […]Click here to view original web…
Developers must pay for removal of dangerous cladding on all flats
Companies that fail to rectify problems will be “named and shamed” as part of a new government approach Hundreds of thousands of flat owners will no longer have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings, Michael Gove will announce next week. The levelling up, housing and communities […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders in lower-rise buildings set to be spared cladding costs as Gove ‘resets’ approach
Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats are set to be spared having to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings as the government prepares to “reset” its approach to the scandal. Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, is due to […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders in smaller buildings ‘to be spared cladding costs’
Protesters from Leaseholders Together gather at a rally in Parliament Square, Westminster Thousands of flat owners in England 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 to instead heap […] Click here to view original…
Owners of flats in smaller buildings to be spared cost of removing cladding
Thousands of flat-owners will be spared the cost of removing dangerous cladding from buildings taller than 11 metres (36ft), government plans suggest. In an apparent climbdown, housing secretary Michael Gove seems set to instead heap pressure on developers to cover the expense of cladding changes estimated to cost up […] Click here to view original…
Michael Gove’s £4billion plan to save thousands from cladding hell: Grants will fund repairs – so fire-risk flat owners won’t pay a penny
Thousands of leaseholders trapped by the cladding scandal will not have to pay a penny to get their properties made safe under a scheme drawn up by Michael Gove . The Housing Secretary will unveil plans next week for a £4billion grant scheme to pay for repairs demanded by […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal: Leaseholders in lower-rise buildings set to be spared costs as Michael Gove ‘resets’ government approach
It will be the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June Leaseholders in lower-rise blocks of flats are set to be spared having to take out loans to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings as the government prepares to “reset” its approach to the scandal. Michael Gove, […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders in smaller buildings ‘to be spared cladding costs’
Protesters from Leaseholders Together gather at rally in Parliament Square (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) 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 to instead heap pressure on […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders to be spared from huge cladding bills by government backdown
Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are to be spared from the crippling cost of stripping Grenfell-style cladding from their properties after the Government backed down and said it would make the building industry pay instead. Ministers will on Monday announce a “reset” aimed at shielding leaseholders from costs of […] Click here to view original…
More flat owners to be freed from cladding bills
Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18.5m will no longer be expected to take out personal loans to cover the cost of the work. Instead, […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: More flat owners to be freed from bills
Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18.5m will no longer be expected to take out personal loans to cover the cost of the work. Instead, […] Click here to view original…
Just 12 tower blocks see dangerous cladding removed through £5bn fund
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 29: A general view of Grenfell Tower covered with hoardings following a severe fire in June 2017 on October 29, 2019 in London, England. The first phase of an inquiry into the 2017 fire, which killed 72 people, condemned the London Fire Brigade for “serious […] Click here to view original…