Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali and Manchester MP Lucy Powell at the Linx Building in the Northern Quarter A government minister has slammed the ‘unacceptably slow’ speed of cladding repairs on high-rise buildings during a visit to Manchester. Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali said there had been ‘too much […]Click here to view original web…

Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali and Manchester MP Lucy Powell at the Linx Building in the Northern Quarter A government minister has slammed the ‘unacceptably slow’ speed of cladding repairs on high-rise buildings during a visit to Manchester. Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali said there had been ‘too much […] Click here to view original…

Amanda Walker saw her flat as a symbol of hardship overcome. Instead she was trapped by it Amanda Walker’s voice trembled. Her face was gaunt. As she spoke to the House of Lords it was clear that the dream home she had bought a few years earlier was now […] Click here to view original…

Crown Heights (Image: Newsquest) WORK to remove potentially dangerous cladding from an apartment block in Basingstoke will commence next week after a series of delays. Scaffolding will be erected at Crown Heights, in Alencon Link, on Monday, September 30, in preparation for remedial works to begin on the high-rise […] Click here to view original…

Four weeks on from a harrowing fire, many residents of a Dagenham block of flats remain in temporary hotel accomodation The devastated Spectrum building in Freshwater Road (Darren Sidey – Yedis Drone Shot) Your support helps us to tell the story Support Now As your White House correspondent, I […] Click here to view original…

The Week in Housing is our weekly newsletter, rounding up the most important headlines for housing professionals. Sign up below to get it direct to your inbox every Friday Delegates at the Labour Party Conference this week (picture: Alamy) Sharelines The Week in Housing: Labour exempts certain groups from […] Click here to view original…

Crown Heights (Image: Newsquest) WORK to remove potentially dangerous cladding from an apartment block in Basingstoke will commence next week after a series of delays. Scaffolding will be erected at Crown Heights, in Alencon Link, on Monday, September 30, in preparation for remedial works to begin on the high-rise […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Farah McLaren said she had developed pneumonia twice so far in 2024 Stuart Pollitt and Jonny Humphries BBC News, Manchester Published26 September 2024 A six-year wait for replacement cladding in an estate of tower blocks has left its residents living in misery and dealing with serious health […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Farah McLaren said she had developed pneumonia twice so far in 2024 Stuart Pollitt and Jonny Humphries BBC News, Manchester Published26 September 2024, 06:18 BST A six-year wait for replacement cladding in an estate of tower blocks has left its residents living in misery and dealing with […] Click here to view original…

Farah McLaren said she had developed pneumonia twice so far in 2024 Tower block residents in Salford said a six-year wait for replacement cladding has made their lives a misery. Some claim the lack of insulation on the buildings has caused damp which is making them seriously ill. Farah […] Click here to view original…

Salmon Centre young people (© London Youth, Marc Sethi, DOE) Dangerous cladding has now been removed from a building in Bermondsey, which is home to a big youth centre and 26 flats. Young people and volunteers can now attend the Salmon Youth Centre safely, following a four-year wait for […] Click here to view original…

The Labour conference has unanimously passed a Fire Brigades Union (FBU) motion demanding urgent government action to tackle the building safety crisis in the wake of the damning Grenfell Tower Inquiry report. Grenfell motion passed by Labour conference The motion, submitted by the FBU, condemns deregulation and austerity as […] Click here to view original…