Government has ‘spectacularly failed’ to address cladding scandal, says Hackney Mayor
Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville says leaseholders have been left “counting the cost of decades of inadequate building regulations and failures of developers”. Photograph: Hackney Council The Mayor of Hackney has thrown his support behind cladding campaigners who feel “betrayed” by new measures announced by the government. Housing secretary Robert […]Click here to view original web…
Flat owners should not bear the additional costs of the cladding scandal
A view of Grenfell Tower, where a severe fire killed 72 people in June 2017. The 72 lives lost at Grenfell Tower was a tragedy. The inaction and ineptitude displayed in the following three and a half years has been a scandal. Thousands of families still can’t rest easy […] Click here to view original…
Disabled Apartment Owners Fear Fire Traps in Aftermath of Grenfell Disaster
LONDON — Like many across England, Sarah Rennie has lost sleep worrying about her building catching fire, especially since inspectors discovered that the high-rise is wrapped in a flammable material similar to the one that fueled the deadly blaze at London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017. But the fear is […] Click here to view original…
Housebuilders face low single-digit tax rise for cladding removal, suggests Berenberg
Housebuilders have been told by the government they will have to contribute significantly to remediation funding Persimmon recently set aside £75mln for remediation work Housebuilders face a potential tax rise in the low low-single digits range following the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, suggests broker Berenberg. The inquiry […] Click here to view original…
Cladding: Ministers face rebellion over fire safety costs
Getty Images Residents of some blocks deemed to be unsafe have been forced to leave More than 30 Tory MPs are urging ministers to change a bill to ensure leaseholders in England will not have to pay for emergency fire safety work. The government’s Fire Safety Bill – introduced […] Click here to view original…
Cladding replacement decision next week on ‘high fire risk’ flats
Hunsacker, one of the buildings Plans to remove potentially dangerous cladding at an apartment block in Reading’s town centre will be voted on next week. A planning application was submitted to the council to replace cladding at the Hunsaker, Hermitage, Halcyon, and Haywards buildings in Chatham Place, Alfred Street, […] Click here to view original…
Quayside residents on how it feels to be ‘trapped’ in cladding crisis and facing £30,000 repair bills
Vicky Brockley, Max Whitehouse and Martin Nuernberg residents of St Ann’s Quay, Newcastle Quayside worried about the flammable cladding on their building Get the latest North East news and updates delivered straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these […] Click here to view original…
Halton MPs visit the Decks in Runcorn over cladding crisis
(2) RUNCORN’S MPs have described the government’s approach to the cladding crisis as “nonsense” after meeting with residents of a six blocks of flats caught up in the scandal. Although all six blocks at The Decks are covered in dangerous HPL cladding, only half of them are tall enough […] Click here to view original…
The Bristol residents caught up in the cladding crisis and left in the lurch by the government
Despite recent announcements of billions to replace dangerous cladding, people across our region are facing huge bills to fix combustible materials and defective fire-stopping measures in their buildings. The email in November from the firm that manages Steph Pike’s central Bristol apartment block came as a nasty shock. The […] Click here to view original…
Hyde is suing Mulalley for £8m over Gosport towers cladding
Recladding work is now complete at Hyde’s Gosport towers The housing association’s Martlet Homes arm is seeking damages for alleged negligence and breach of contract in the design and construction of refurbishment works dating back to 2006-2008. The £14.9m upgrade works carried out by Mulalley to the five blocks […] Click here to view original…
Portishead residents facing skyrocketing costs due to unsafe cladding
Kath Pinnock and councillors Huw James and Ash Cartman speaking during a webinar on the fire safety scandal. – Credit: Stephen Sumner North Somerset residents caught up in a fire safety scandal exposed by the Grenfell Tower tragedy are stuck in limbo unable to sell their flats and facing […] Click here to view original…
‘Tens of thousands’ in Birmingham still living with dangerous cladding after Grenfell Tower disaster
The blackened shell of Grenfell Tower in west London after the fire There are more than 30,000 people in Birmingham still living in buildings with potentially dangerous cladding following the Grenfell disaster , estimates show. And many of these residents may face “financial ruin” in order to remove it, […] Click here to view original…