Plans for thousands of affordable homes are likely to be dropped as billions of pounds are set aside to fix the building safety crisis, UK builders have warned. Clarion Housing Group , the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, told The Guardian it is set to build 1,800 fewer […]Click here to view original web…

Life behind plastic at Islington Gates, Birmingham It has been two years since residents at a block of flats in Birmingham were told cladding was making their homes unsafe. Islington Gates is among the first developments in the country to undergo remediation works after the Grenfell fire raised concerns […] Click here to view original…

Plans for thousands of affordable homes face being scrapped as billions of pounds are diverted to fixing the building safety crisis, builders have said. Clarion Housing Group, the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing, has told the Guardian it is on course to build 1,800 fewer affordable properties over […] Click here to view original…

Jo, Emma and Leo face a daily battle Build Back Better could hardly have been a more ironic statement at this week’s Conservative Party Conference, staged in the eye of the cladding and housing crises. Delegates needed only to pull back their hotel curtains to see that Manchester Conference […] Click here to view original…

Emilie Boswell bought her dream home a year after the Grenfell fire. Now she says it’s like a noose around her neck Emilie Boswell is one of three million people affected by the scandal exposed by the Grenfell disaster Emilie Boswell could not believe her luck when, at 22, […] Click here to view original…

London councils reveal £98bn plan to retrofit 3.8 million homes Network Homes agrees deal to build its largest ever development Khan commissions review into increasing GLA housing delivery London council ends contractor’s repairs deal one year into five-year contract Developer could seek HA partner on new 380-home London scheme […] Click here to view original…

Debbie Haigh, 38, feels trapped by the looming remediation costs to her flat A leaseholder facing a huge bill for repair works says she and her family feel ‘physically and financially’ trapped in their Leeds flat. Debbie Haigh, 38, has just received a £66k bill for remediation works needed […] Click here to view original…

Flat owner receives £101K invoice for dangerous cladding repairs 1 Homeowner receives cladding bill for £101K: Building safety crisis hits home as 26-year-old gets a six-figure invoice for repairs to her £180K flat Emilie Boswell lives in a two-bed flat in Leeds Dock affected by cladding issues She has […] Click here to view original…

The new secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, Michael Gove, is looking for ways to slash insurance premiums for leaseholders who have been affected by the building safety crisis. Gove is also exploring ways to increase the pressure on developers to pay for repairs in the […] Click here to view original…

A 26-year-old flat owner is faced with an invoice for more than £100,000 after being told she had to pay for repairs to dangerous cladding and fire safety defects. Emilie Boswell lives in a two-bedroom flat in Leeds Dock, which has been caught up in the cladding scandal where […] Click here to view original…

The government should step in and pay for all remedial costs to replace cladding on high-rise apartments. That is the call from the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC), which says thousands of owners are facing bankruptcy and contemplating suicide over the issue. The Grenfell fire tragedy has left leaseholders […] Click here to view original…

Emilie Boswell, 26, bought her dream £180,000 waterfront property in May 2018 and a fire safety report concluded there were ‘no obvious signs of cladding’. But a year later, residents in the apartment block in the stylish Leeds Dock area were told they needed round-the-clock fire patrols as their […] Click here to view original…