Govt’s cladding scheme delays driving market-wide ‘log jam’
With the UK government’s multi-billion pound funding promise to leaseholders to limit cladding costs still nowhere to be seen, lenders have expressed their frustration at the market-wide “log jam” which has ensued for homeowners. Back in February, housing secretary Robert Jenrick announced a £3.5bn government-backed financing arrangement for buildings […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell: Work still to be done on cladding and fire safety
EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY JUNE 14 File photo dated 30/10/19 of smoke billowing from the fire that engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London. A survivor of the Grenfell Tower disaster has said ex-residents are still being “denied swift FOUR years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed widespread […] Click here to view original…
ACT cladding solution ‘long overdue’ as insurance premiums skyrocket
An apartment in Wimmera Street, Harrison, was gutted by fire on 8 May, 2021. Photo: Salman Khalid. The cost of insuring Canberra properties with combustible cladding has gone through the roof, with many premiums increasing by 30 to 100 per cent during the past 12 months. Some apartment building […] Click here to view original…
‘Ipswich will suffer’: The faces of families trapped in dangerous homes worth £0
Cladding crisis victims Igor and Jelena Solovjova with leasehold expert Pete Shelcot Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND Juggling three jobs to make ends meet, Jelena Solovjova, has a huge weight on her shoulders. She was dealt a major blow when fire risks were identified at her Wherstead Road home in Ipswich […] Click here to view original…
[+] Cladding Crisis Driving Owners to the Brink
A number of developers and building owners are facing financial ruin as the fallout of the combustible cladding crisis widens in Australia. Authorities have now identified more than 3400 residential apartment buildings as having cladding deemed flammable. Fixing the cladding crisis will cost billions. The issue is being dealt […] Click here to view original…
Is the cladding scandal the next PPI?
Several points jumped out of the Sunday Times ’ latest bleak report into the cladding scandal. The first is the human impact. Four years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed the shocking state of building materials standards, the disaster’s largest legacy appears to be life-destroying bills for hundreds of […] 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…
Leaseholders to protest against “mountainous bills” from cladding costs in Greenwich
Leaseholders are coming together in Greenwich this Saturday to protest unaffordable bills caused by unsafe cladding. The protest will be held outside The River Gardens housing development sales office on Banning Street at 11am. The development is being built by Bellway Homes, who own a number of buildings affected […] Click here to view original…
Owners told to foot the bill for combustible cladding repairs
The 2017 Grenfell tower fire in London caused 72 deaths, and led to widespread international concerns about flammable cladding. Photo: AAP Twitter Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email Home owners who have been told their building is unsafe will need to fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars to remove combustible […] Click here to view original…
‘We are trapped in buildings that aren’t safe…’ hundreds stage cladding protests across city as residents say ‘no progress’ made nearly four years on from Grenfell
Protestors gather at St Peter’s Square in Manchester City Centre Hundreds of residents living in ‘unsafe’ apartment blocks staged a series of cladding protests across Greater Manchester today. Demonstrations took place in Manchester city centre, Prestwich and various other locations across the UK, including London. Four years on from […] Click here to view original…
‘A huge crisis’ – emotional leaseholders protest as cladding scandal continues
Herts Cladiators were out in force to raise awareness of the cladding scandal affecting leaseholders across the county – Credit: Courtesy of Sophie Bichener Leaseholders took to Stevenage’s Town Square at the weekend for an emotional protest as the cladding scandal in a number of flat blocks rumbles on. […] Click here to view original…
Residents say ‘horrific’ cladding replacement works is so loud they are having to take medication to cope
Trafford Housing Trust has apologised for the length of time it has taken to remove the cladding Residents living in a social housing tower block say the noise caused by cladding replacement works is so bad they’ve been forced to take medication. Construction work at Grafton Court, managed by […] Click here to view original…