Leaseholders should not pay for the cladding crisis
It’s been more than four years since 72 people died in the flames of the Grenfell Tower in western London. When the government scrambled to prevent another similar tragedy by insisting on the removal of flammable coatings on skyscrapers, a housing crisis was triggered and as many as 2 […]Click here to view original web…
[+] Buildings in Cladding Legal Fight ‘Number in the Thousands’
A class action believed to involve hundreds of individuals and companies caught up in the cladding crisis could help developers recoup restoration costs. In what will likely be the biggest courtroom battle in the country this year, the outcome of the cladding crisis will play out publicly as parties […] Click here to view original…
Bankers in talks with No 10 over cladding crisis after Grenfell disaster
Workers remove cladding from a building. Lenders have been reluctant to extend mortgages for affected homes Senior bankers have held two meetings with government officials this week in an attempt to solve the cladding crisis triggered by the Grenfell Tower fire and which has left millions of people unable […] Click here to view original…
A new regulator? A new regime? Does the Building Safety Bill need to reach new heights (and not just 18m and over)?
The Grenfell Tower tragedy prompted a much needed, long-awaited building safety overhaul, particularly in relation to high rise buildings with multiple occupancy. Intrusive investigations have identified that many buildings are dangerous and combustible, requiring immediate and extensive remedial works to be undertaken. Following Dame Judith Hackitt’s review, the Government’s […] Click here to view original…
Gloucester residents ‘panicked’ as defects in cladding spark fire safety fears
Yiannis Karayiannis, co-owner of Greek on the Docks in Merchants Quay Residents have been sent into a “panic” after they learned about problems with their building’s cladding, sparking fears over fire safety. Merchants Quay in Gloucester Docks has been put under round-the-clock patrols after “defects” were found in the […] Click here to view original…
UK: Fire Safety In The Health And Care Sector Following Grenfell
Following the Grenfell disaster in June 2017, many of those with an interest in multi-storey, multi-occupied, residential buildings over 18 metres in height have been carrying out investigations on their buildings to ascertain if, from a fire safety perspective, they were built in accordance with the Building Regulations in […] Click here to view original…
They can see the Senedd, but feel it’s not helping them: Why the Welsh Government must act on cladding
Unsafe cladding has already been removed from some buildings, such as the Channel View flats. Picture: Alex Seabrook Picture: Alex Seabrook Mabon ap Gwynfor, Senedd Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd Rhys ab Owen, Senedd Member for South Wales Central We’re pleased to see that the availability of housing across our […] Click here to view original…
Downing Street asks banks to help solve cladding crisis
More than £5bn has been made available to fix cladding issues, but parliament estimates total fire safety costs could be three times that © Peter Byrne/PA The UK government has asked the nation’s biggest lenders to help come up with swift solutions to the cladding crisis, which has left […] Click here to view original…
Building safety bill – a new landscape for claims?
The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government has just published the updated building safety bill a year on from when it was first announced in July 2020. The intention is to strengthen the regulatory system for building safety following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. Amongst other […] Click here to view original…
Tory MPs threaten fresh rebellion on post-Grenfell fire safety work
Tory MPs have accused ministers of failing to live up to their promises to help leaseholders in new legislation published this week (Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images) Tory MPs are threatening a new rebellion to ensure flat owners do not have to pay for post-Grenfell work to fix […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower survivors and bereaved ‘sue for millions’ – report
The Grenfell Memorial Wall (Jonathan Brady/PA) / PA Wire A round 800 survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster, victims’ families and 102 firefighters have launched a High Court case seeking tens of millions of pounds in compensation. Lawyers filed civil claims against US firm Arconic behind the flammable cladding, […] Click here to view original…
After Grenfell: the unsolved cladding crisis
The Grenfell Tower tragedy forced a reassessment of fire safety for buildings across the country, but no consensus on who should pay for it. Robert Booth describes how for many residents the issue has become a living nightmare After the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017, it became clear […] Click here to view original…