From the North: The cladding scandal – what is it like to live in an apartment classified as ‘unsafe’?
Residents living in high-rise blocks with unsafe cladding say they feel trapped and “totally abandoned by the government” as companies “profiteer” from necessary safety works. Danielle Willamson, owns an apartment at Vallea Court, in Manchester’s Green Quarter. despite having its cladding removed it failed a subsequent safety inspection with […]Click here to view original web…
Cladding crisis still affecting thousands in Sheffield four years after Grenfell Tower fire
It will be the group’s first in-person event since it was formed by leaseholders last year. Representatives from the group will be outside the Town Hall from 11.30am on Saturday with a stall. Olivia Hill, member of Sheffield Cladding Action Group, said thousands of people were affected by the […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders to hold cladding crisis protests around the UK this weekend
The Grenfell Tower disaster has intensified the conversation around fire safety issues in residential buildings in the UK. Image credit: Fed–up leaseholders will hold National Day of Developer Protests this weekend to stand against the property developers they blame for fire safety issues in their homes, as well as […] Click here to view original…
Cladding victims warn it is crunch time as Government looks likely to miss funding repairs deadline
Leaseholders take part in a demonstration in London to demand an end to the ‘cladding scandal’ a day after a fire at a building in in Canary Wharf bearing the same cladding as Grenfell Tower (Photo: PA Wire/Harry Scoffin) The Government looks likely to miss its own deadline to […] Click here to view original…
Cladding victims warn it is crunch time as Government looks likely to miss funding repairs deadline
The Government looks likely to miss its own deadline to process funding applications for the removal of flammable cladding on buildings nearly four years after the Grenfell Tower disaster . Applications to the £5.1bn Building Safety Fund close on 30 June, with work scheduled to begin to remove the […] Click here to view original…
Delay removing dangerous cladding ‘soul destroying’
Cladding on a block of flats The government will miss a June deadline to complete applications for £5bn of funding to remove flammable cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The BBC understands most managing agents who administer tower blocks with the cladding are refusing to sign […] Click here to view original…
City centre apartment block to have combustible cladding replaced
Plans to remove combustible cladding from a Liverpool city centre building have been submitted to the council. Proposals from Liv Group would see some of the cladding on Hamilton House on Highfield Street replaced in order to meet fire safety rules introduced after the building was constructed. It is […] Click here to view original…
Survey says Hackney council housing block cladding needs replacing
Residents in a Hackney council block have spoken out after learning their building does not meet an “adequate standard” of fire safety. Residents in a Hackney council block have questioned when the council will act after learning their building does not meet an “adequate standard” of fire safety. A […] Click here to view original…
‘Incomprehensible’ that combustible cladding banned after Grenfell is still in use in schools, campaigners say
The cladding is still in use despite being banned on some buildings in the wake of the fire (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty) It is “incomprehensible” that combustible insulation used on the Grenfell Tower is still in use on British schools and hospitals despite a partial ban because of fire risks, […] Click here to view original…
How the Grenfell cladding tragedy has affected Plymouth’s high-rise buildings
Devonport Towers: Why the cladding must be removed On June 14, 2017 a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London. It consumed the building, caused 72 deaths, including those of two victims who later died in hospital. More than 70 […] Click here to view original…
The property tycoons who are still not tackling ‘Grenfell’ cladding
A member of David Cameron’s family and a multi-millionaire Tory party donor are linked to firms which are yet to strip Grenfell-style cladding from high-rise buildings, the Daily Mail can reveal. Britain’s biggest freehold investors are implicated by a Government list shaming companies that have yet to start removing […] Click here to view original…
Re-cladding our ageing buildings is like mass vaccinations: we need both fast
With the materials on our existing buildings declining, the risk of fire within these dwellings reaching catastrophic levels. A recent report commissioned by Construction Union Australia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding, highlighting the need for governments and cladding entities to move swiftly to remedy these issues. […] Click here to view original…