Grenfell: Government defeated on fire safety costs plan
Getty Images The government has been defeated for a third time in the Lords over its plans for who pays for fire safety work on buildings in light of the Grenfell tragedy. Peers changed the Fire Safety Bill again to prevent owners of blocks of flats passing the costs […]Click here to view original web…
Grenfell cladding saga hits Liverpool city centre property as owners ‘trapped’ in homes they can’t sell
The latest City Residential report has said the Liverpool property market is currently ‘strong’ A top report into Liverpool’s property scene has said its market is “currently strong” – but is being hit by cladding issues that emerged in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. City Residential’s Alan […] Click here to view original…
Only half of high-rise tower blocks have had dangerous ACM cladding fixed
Only half of the high-rise buildings known to have highly flammable aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding have been fully fixed, according to latest government statistics. The data shows that at the end of March only 247 or 53 per cent of the 469 high-rise residential and publicly-owned buildings in […] Click here to view original…
Leaseholders in fire cladding buildings face ‘crippling bills’ as delays continue
A Plymouth MP has slammed “dither and delay” from government ministers as leaseholders face crippling bills to reclad their tower blocks or introduce extra fire safety measures. This week it was revealed leaseholders in one Plymouth apartment block are having to fork out thousands every week after their insurance […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal hits Chatham residents as post Grenfell Tower fire government review leaves owners facing huge bills
Flat owners in Chatham fear going bankrupt after being forced to pay to fix unsafe cladding on their buildings. As part of a government review into fire safety following the Grenfell Tower disaster, any leaseholders or outright owners of apartments in buildings under 18 metres must pay for remedial […] Click here to view original…
BrumLAG Interview on BBC Radio WM
Jen from BrumLAG was interviewed by Daz Hale on BBC Radio West Midlands about the Mayoral Hustings talking about the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal.
Mayoral Hustings
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Mayoral Hustings to hear the candidates discuss the Cladding and Fire Safety Scandal. To the candidates who answered with sincerity. Liam Byrne MP – Labour Party Cllr Steve Caudwell – Green Party Andy Street – Conservative Jenny Wilkinson – Liberal Democrat Chaired by Patrick Burns, a consummate…
New cladding for tower block as £3.6m court battle rumbles on
Work is underway to replace flammable cladding at one of Ipswich’s tallest residential blocks – three years after problems were first uncovered. Scaffolding went up at the 52m-high St Francis Tower, in Franciscan Way, in March and now contractors are on site to remove the remaining cladding material – […] Click here to view original…
Fire cladding traps Plymouth leaseholders in insurance nightmare
Leaseholders of properties in a city centre tower block are being whacked with steep insurance payments until work to remove dangerous cladding has been removed. Ocean Crescent is just one of many buildings in Plymouth to have been found with cladding that has been classified as dangerous after 2017’s […] Click here to view original…
Anguish for leaseholders in Milton Keynes awaiting huge safety bills… and for action to help
National campaign group End Our Cladding Scandal has called for candidates in the upcoming local elections to support calls for the Government to help. The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been in touch with leaseholders in Milton Keynes who are fearing bills of tens of thousands of pounds. “I […] Click here to view original…
CLADDING LATEST: Government ‘let down landlords’ says Reform UK
Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has come up with a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands of landlords and tells LandlordZONE the government has ‘let down’ landlords. Nigel Farage’s successor says builders, regulators and the government should pick up the tab rather […] Click here to view original…
Leasehold Issues for Lenders Mini-series 6: Unsafe cladding update
Print publication In March 2020 we reported on the legacy from the Grenfell tragedy that was adversely affecting leaseholders and lenders. In short, unsafe cladding and general fire safety concerns highlighted by the Grenfell Tower fire have resulted in potentially hundreds of thousands of leaseholders living in flats which […] Click here to view original…