Michael Gove has announced he will put a “pause” on leaseholders paying to remove cladding to make their buildings safe . The Housing Secretary said he wants to review plans for a loans system for leaseholders to repay the costs for remediation work , and questioned why cladding victims […]Click here to view original web…

By Joanne Faulkner (November 11, 2021, 6:26 PM GMT) — A building contractor facing a £5 million ($6. 7 million) bill to cover the costs of removing Grenfell-style cladding from London tower blocks has sought to pass the blame to its architects after being accused of erecting buildings that […] Click here to view original…

A paralysed man says he is living like a prisoner in a Croydon flat that is unsellable because it has failed Grenfell safety standards. Anthony Kerrane’s home in Cygnus Court became unsuitable after he began to use a wheelchair in 2018 following a cycling accident and his girlfriend, who […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove said he intends to pause the loan plan for leasehold homeowners trapped in unsafe and unsellable flats. (Photo by Rob Pinney/Getty Images) It sounds like the Government may be about to change tack on the cladding and building safety crisis . Given how quickly they U-turned on […] Click here to view original…

By Joanne Faulkner (November 11, 2021, 6:26 PM GMT) — A building contractor facing a £5 million ($6. 7 million) bill to cover the costs of removing Grenfell-style cladding from London tower blocks has sought to pass the blame to its architects after being accused of erecting buildings that […] Click here to view original…

Eight fire engines and 60 crew were sent to tackle the blaze on Deacon Street in south London. Residents were evacuated across three floors of the building due to intense smoke, according to the London Fire Brigade . Flames were seen shooting up from an apartment balcony shortly before […] Click here to view original…

Only 14 grants from £30 million fire safety fund after Grenfell disaster have actually been paid out 1 By Joe Talora, local democracy reporter Only 14 grants from the Government’s £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund have been paid out in London, totalling less than £1.7 million. The fund […] Click here to view original…

Princess Court, Trafford The replacement of ‘potentially dangerous’ cladding on Trafford’s social housing tower blocks has been delayed even further. Work to strip off and replace the ‘potentially unsafe’ cladding on Trafford’s five social housing tower blocks has been ongoing for over three years – but the job is […] Click here to view original…

“I’m still unhappy with the principle of leaseholders having to pay at all” for the cladding scandal, said Michael Gove yesterday. “My questions is why do they have to pay at all?” Click here to view original web page at primeresi.com

Freeholders and managing agents have received large commissions as leaseholders have been hit with heft insurance premiums Regulators are facing demands to investigate hidden commissions paid to freeholders of fire-risk flats after homeowners saw their premiums hiked by 400 per cent. The dramatic rise in insurance costs rubs “salt […] Click here to view original…

Ritu Saha, co-founder of UK Cladding Action Group. Photograph: Ritu Saha / UK Cladding Action Group Only 14 grants from the government’s £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund have been paid out in London – totalling less than £1.7 million. The fund was introduced in December 2020 to cover […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove questioned why leaseholders are left to foot the bill (Photo: David Levenson/Getty Images) Michael Gove has announced he will put a “pause” on leaseholders paying to remove cladding to make their buildings safe . The Housing Secretary said he wants to review plans for a loans system […] Click here to view original…