At New Providence Wharf, a smart housing development that looms over the river Thames between the glassy glare of Canary Wharf and the Millennium Dome, SUVs with personalised number plates are among cars in the basement car-park. These expensive flats – a three-bedroom apartment can set you back £1.6m […]Click here to view original web…

The Decks in Runcorn is under 18 metres, and one of the buildings that could benefit from the Government’s announcement (Photo: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images) Cladding victims living in flats under 18m tall may finally be able to sell their homes after the Government scrapped a strict requirement on forms […] Click here to view original…

Owners of up to 800,000 flats left valued at zero following the Grenfell Tower disaster and resulting cladding scandal may now be able to sell following new Government advice over fire safety requirements. The housing secretary, Robert Jenrick said that an independent panel of experts had found that small […] Click here to view original…

Tom Hunt, MP for Ipswich, raised the situation at St Francis Tower in the House of Commons The plight of families in a tower block wrapped in plastic is now on the national agenda after Ipswich’s MP raised the issue in Parliament. Tom Hunt spoke in Thursday’s summer adjournment […] Click here to view original…

Principle Estate Management has welcomed a major UK government intervention that means leaseholders “trapped” in flats due to the cladding crisis could soon be able to sell or remortgage their properties. The comments from the leading estate manager come in the wake of advice from an independent expert group […] Click here to view original…

Thousands of leaseholders are facing bills to fix their homes that could leave them bankrupt or homeless. A group of residents in Woolwich believe they have the solution with the Polluter Pays Bill Residents in Woolwich have been campaigning to make Westminster take note of the Polluter Pays Bill. […] Click here to view original…

Leaseholders and tenants living in unsafe homes protest (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images) Tory rebels will try and extend Thatcher-era rights to flat owners caught up in the cladding scandal to ensure they do not have to pay for post-Grenfell fire safety fixes. A rebel amendment […] Click here to view original…

Sadiq Khan has ordered a full review of the scheme after the dangerous properties were identified The London Mayor has ordered a full review of the affordable homes scheme after PoliticsHome identified multiple properties with cladding and fire safety problems. Multiple listings on the Mayor’s affordable housing portal are […] Click here to view original…

St Francis Tower, Ipswich, has been wrapped in protective plastic and scaffolding while safety repairs are carried out People living in a tower block wrapped in plastic as part of a procedure to remove cladding say the lack of light is affecting their health. The plastic has reduced light […] Click here to view original…

St Francis Tower, Ipswich, has been wrapped in protective plastic and scaffolding while safety repairs are carried out People living in a tower block wrapped in plastic as part of a procedure to remove cladding say the lack of light is affecting their health. The plastic has reduced light […] Click here to view original…

Concerns over the safety of cladding were raised after the 2017 fire at Grenfell tower in which 72 people died Leaseholders ‘trapped’ in flats due to the cladding crisis could soon be able to sell or remortgage their properties after a government intervention announced today. Robert Jenrick said a […] Click here to view original…

Signs outside a Barratt Homes development (PA Archive) Housebuilder Barratt Developments has revealed a further hit for cladding safety works after the Grenfell Tower disaster, taking its total annual bill to more than £80 million. The group said it is setting aside around another £30 million for remedial works […] Click here to view original…