The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) says it will not remove EWS1 requirements for low-rise buildings. Previous guidance issued by the Government earlier this year stated that having consulted with lenders, low-rise buildings less than 18 metres in height would no longer be subject to EWS1 forms. Former […]Click here to view original web…

With rising Covid cases and possible new restrictions on the way, this Christmas has a grey cloud hanging over it for all of us. But for leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal, that cloud is even darker. After a year of campaigning for a solution that doesn’t leave them […] Click here to view original…

Owners received cladding bills that exceeded their homes’ values The real cost of Britain’s cladding scandal is not just the danger of living in a home with flammable walls, or the fire-safety bills that — for some — cost more than their homes . It is not just the […] Click here to view original…

News Upper Grenfell Tower. Photo by ChiralJon,s licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Welsh Government will become the first in the UK to offer to buy homes from leaseholders whose property have been affected by the building safety crisis. Climate Change Minister Julie James announced this week in the […] Click here to view original…

The Week in Housing: Gove’s Help to Buy ban comes Rydon time Grenfell Tower Inquiry diary week 60: ‘You could have an exact repeat of the Dubai fire in any number of buildings in London’ The year in review: asset management Councils to get extra £554m through New Homes […] Click here to view original…

Sharelines It’s been a busy week for news, hasn’t it? If it isn’t Christmas parties in Westminster, it is Omicron, and if it isn’t Omicron, it is the hype around the North Shropshire by-election. So, you would be forgiven for maybe missing the big bit of fire safety news […] Click here to view original…

The week in housing: Gove’s Help to Buy ban comes Rydon time Grenfell Tower Inquiry diary week 60: ‘You could have an exact repeat of the Dubai fire in any number of buildings in London’ The year in review: asset management Councils to get extra £554m through New Homes […] Click here to view original…

The procurement deal follows some residents voicing concerns over the works Camden Council has agreed a contract to complete fire safety repairs on the Chalcots Estate for £77m – “tens of millions less” than a previous deal it scrapped. McLaren Construction is set to replace cladding and carry out […] Click here to view original…

The early days of the pandemic might have been all about the race for space, but there are now signs that flats are back in favour. The price of the average apartment increased by 10.8 per cent in the year to November, according to the latest Halifax house price […] Click here to view original…

Cladding crisis The most financially stretched homeowners in Britain will be the first to be hit by the Bank of England’s decision to raise the Bank Rate to 0.25pc. Leaseholders who have been pushed onto standard variable rate mortgages because they are trapped by the cladding scandal will immediately […] Click here to view original…

Cladding victims living in Wales could have their ‘unsellable’ flats bought by the principality’s government under a landmark scheme. The support will be targeted at a ‘small number’ of leaseholders as early as next year. It would be the first programme of its kind in the UK and will […] Click here to view original…

Welsh leaders have become the first in the UK to offer leaseholders facing bankruptcy or homelessness due to dangerous cladding a way out of the post-Grenfell crisis. Welsh Cladiators, pictured in a recent protest outside Senedd alongside Plaid Cymru member Rhys ab Owen, say they want the Welsh government […] Click here to view original…